Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a rebuff, a snub.

1821–6		‘Bill Truck’ Man o’ War’s Man (1843) 308: Here was a choker [...] an absolute freezer of all kindly or loyal feeling.
1846		Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 7 Nov. 4/3: As if they had but one idea among them, and that was a freezer.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.

2. a chilly look, a dismissive remark.

1890–1904

Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.