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Davy's locker

Davy's locker is the alternative form 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

Questions about Davy's locker

What is Davy's locker the alternative form of?
Davy's locker is the alternative form of Davy Jones's locker.

Words near Davy's locker in the dictionary

  1. Davy Jones
  2. Davy Jones' locker
  3. Davy Jones's locker
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  5. Davy lamps
  6. Davy's locker
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  8. Davydov procedure
  9. Davydov procedures
  10. Davydov soliton
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