Been so long since I have been on a ship with a walk in refer, I forgot
where I got the phrase from.
Moose wrote:
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
>> This American has never heard it. I suspect it is contractor lingo.
>>
>>
> No, has its roots in railroad slang for refrigerator car. Widely used,
> or at least used to be, in the food supply business and the US miiltary.
>
> It was the name for the walk in refrigerators on the ships I served on.
>
> "ree·fer /ˈrifər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[*ree*-fer]
> –noun Informal.
> 1. a refrigerator, esp. one large enough to be walked into.
>
> 2. a refrigerator car, ship, truck, etc.
>
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> [Origin: 1910–15; alter. and shortening of refrigerator]
> Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
> Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006."
>
> I've heard and used it in a number of places, but would not have used it
> for a home refrigerator.
>
> Moose
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