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Davey Jones's locker

Davey Jones's locker is the alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker.

Meaning of Davy Jones's locker

Proper noun

Davy Jones's locker

  1. (idiomatic) The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.
    • "Damn my eyes," says he, "they are gone to Davy Jones's locker."
      NOTE: Partridge erroneously refers to this as from the journal of Richard rather than Nicholas Cresswell.1774, Nicholas Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-7

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Davey Jones's locker is the alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker.

Words near Davey Jones's locker in the dictionary

  1. Davey Crockett caps
  2. Davey Crockett hat
  3. Davey Crockett hats
  4. Davey Jones
  5. Davey Jones' locker
  6. Davey Jones's locker
  7. Davian
  8. Davich
  9. davicil
  10. David
  11. David and Goliath mate

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