hitch up the reindeers, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

hitch up the reindeers v.

[play on the relationship of reindeer to snow n.¹ (2a)]

(drugs)

1. to prepare the needle etc. for an injection of cocaine.

1937		B. Dai Opium Addiction in Chicago.
1953		Anslinger & Tompkins Traffic In Narcotics 310: hitch up the reindeers. [...] to procure drugs and prepare for indulgence.

2. to inhale cocaine.

1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks n.p.: Hitch up the reindeers, going on a cocaine party.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).
1953		Anslinger & Tompkins Traffic In Narcotics 310: hitch up the reindeers. To inhale cocaine.
1959		J.E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo and Lore.