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  • noun Plural form of reefer.

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Examples

  • I mean, I sort of get this sense that maybe there's not as much demand for the standard dry boxes as there are for reefers, in other words from what I'm gathering is it's the reefer market kind of has been, I guess to say relatively outperforming the standard boxes, is that a sort of a safe assumption?

    unknown title 2011

  • At issue are refrigerated containers called "reefers," which passed through Vietnam since the first of the year.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • The need for specialized containers, known as reefers, means rates are about four times higher than those for carrying a standard box from Shanghai to Los Angeles.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • And the additional assets we'll be monitoring include a significant number of refrigerated trailers, or reefers, which is the first time they've deployed our system on this type of asset.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Keeping refrigerated containers - known as reefers in the industry - at the right temperature is crucial when transporting perishables and pharmaceuticals.

    Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010

  • Keeping refrigerated containers - known as reefers in the industry - at the right temperature is crucial when transporting perishables and pharmaceuticals.

    Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010

  • Back at the military base, the medical examiner set up in Hangar B, refrigerated trucks called reefers parked outside to hold the remains.

    Esquire.com Article Feed 2009

  • If you think that Obama is going to carry these states, you need to stop smoking those "reefers", they are affecting your judgement.

    Clinton holds big leads in West Virginia and Kentucky 2008

  • All afternoon, between trips up front to rack balls, Shorty talked to me out of the corner of his mouth: which hustlers-standing around, or playing at this or that table-sold "reefers," or had just come out of prison, or were "second-story men."

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • The REFCON system, manufactured by Johnson Controls, enables authorised reefer operators to track refrigerated containers ( 'reefers') throughout their journey, via remote access.

    AME Info Latest News 2009

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