subs. (nautical).—1. A midshipman.
1833. MARRYAT, Peter Simple, I. iv. A young lady, very nicely dressed, looked at me very hard, and said “Well, REEFER, how are you off for soap?”
1888. Harper’s Magazine [Century]. The gun-room, the home of darling REEFERS.
2. (colloquial).—A short all-round jacket; an ARSE-HOLE PERISHER or BUM-FREEZER (q.v.).
