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/dˈeɪvi dʒˈoʊnzɪz lˈɑkər/ Listen

noun

Davy Jones n. The spirit of the sea; sea devil; a term used by sailors. "This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe."

Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean.

Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.

Locker n.

One who, or that which, locks.

A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.

Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.

Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones.

Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited.

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"Davy jones's locker" Quotes from Famous Books

... cabbing boy insted. Capting several times calld to a man who was steering—"Port, port;" but though he always anserd, "Eye, eye, sir," he didn't bring him a drop. The black cook fell into the hold on the topp of his hed. Everybody sed he was gone to Davy Jones's locker; but he warn't, for he soon came to again, drank 1/2 a pint of rumm, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

... fizzled out like a damp squib. Absolutely afraid to risk the remaining boats in operations that would certainly end in their being unceremoniously conveyed to Davy Jones's locker, the German Admiralty had dispatched them to the Mediterranean, where, under the Austrian flag, they attempted, at first with a certain degree of success, to ...

— The Submarine Hunters - A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War • Percy F. Westerman