What does reefer jacket mean?

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reefer jacket

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

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noun

"My great-uncle in a reefer-jacket, and looking like an old sea-captain with his white beard flying, was putting his whole heart and soul into the wheezey old harmonium [...]."

reefer jackets (plural)

reefer-jacketed

pea coat

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