refrig
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[edit]Noun
[edit]refrig (plural refrigs)
- (rare) Clipping of refrigerator.
- 1988, David Jeremiah with Carole C. Carlson, Exposing the Myths of Parenthood, Dallas, Tex.: Word Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:
- He runs in from school, checks the refrigerator, and then looks for the inevitable note. “Dear Tommy: Don’t eat more than three cookies. Jello in the refrig is for supper. […]”
- 1989, Valerie Wolzien, The Fortieth Birthday Body: A Suburban Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 99:
- Food just vanishes when he’s around. I think he eats through some sort of process of osmosis. My husband says that by the time he gets home from the city in the evening, the refrig is always empty.
- 2005, Penelope S. Hession, Cast Your Nets, [Morrisville, N.C.]: www.lulu.com, →ISBN, pages 50–51:
- Lea put the phone down and looked at the mess she had made of her kitchen. Well, at least the floor under the refrig is clean now. […] He looked past her toward the kitchen. “It is still a mess.” She looked down shyly. “At least under the refrig is done.”