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Davy Jones' locker

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

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