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Davy Jones

Davy Jones proper noun: the spirit of the sea.

Proper noun

Davy Jones

  1. The spirit of the sea.
  2. The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
    • The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.
    • He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Davy Jones meaning in Tamil

Davy Jones in Tamil

கப்பலோட்டிகள் வழக்கில் கடலின் பேயாற்றல்

Forms of Davy Jones

alternative formDavey Jones
alternative formDavie Jones

Origin of Davy Jones

Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.

Questions about Davy Jones

What does Davy Jones mean?
Davy Jones means the spirit of the sea.
What is Davy Jones in Tamil?
Davy Jones in Tamil is கப்பலோட்டிகள் வழக்கில் கடலின் பேயாற்றல். See Davy Jones meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Davy Jones?
Davy Jones is a proper noun.

Words near Davy Jones in the dictionary

  1. Davy Crockett cap
  2. Davy Crockett caps
  3. Davy Crockett hat
  4. Davy Crockett hats
  5. Davy Crocketts
  6. Davy Jones
  7. Davy Jones' locker
  8. Davy Jones's locker
  9. davy lamp
  10. Davy lamps
  11. Davy's locker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Davy Jones (page history and authors); davy jones (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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