Square grouper explained
Square grouper is a slang term for compressed bales of illicit marijuana that appear on the U.S. Gulf Coast, sometimes lost by smugglers in errant air drops or sea to sea transfers, and sometimes intentionally dumped by crews who fear being caught with illegal drugs.
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- Book: Outlaws of the Ocean: The Complete Book of Contemporary Crime on the High Seas. Gerhard O. W. . Mueller. Freda . Adler. Hearst Marine Books. 1985. 0688041701. 50.
- Book: O'Halloran, Jacinta . Florida 2008 – Fodor's Florida. Fodor's travel guides. Fodor's Travel. 2007. 978-1400017966. "a square grouper is the moniker for bales of marijuana dropped into the ocean off the coast during the drug-running 1970s". 473.
- Book: The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Terry . Victor. Tom . Dalzell. Routledge. 2007. 978-1134615346. 614. .
- Book: Saltwater Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of a Marijuana Empire. Tim . McBride. Ralph Jr.. Berrier. St. Martin's Publishing Group. 2015. 978-1466882386. 41. square grouper became code over the radio for those bales that never made it aboard our boat or fell off during the voyage back to shore..
- News: Why Laid-Back Travelers Love Florida's Treasure Coast. Valerie . Stivers . Hank . Zona . The Wall Street Journal. January 13, 2023 . [W]aterside tiki bar the Square Grouper is kitschy but fun—its name is ’80s slang for a bale of marijuana that washes up onshore..
- Book: Howe, Jim . Red Crew: Fighting the War on Drugs with Reagan's Coast Guard. Naval Institute Press. 62–63. 2018. 978-1682473023.
- Book: McIver, Stuart B. . Touched by the Sun – Volume 3 of Florida chronicles. Pineapple Press. 2001. 1561642061. 90.
