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1Davy Jones's locker — Locker Lock er, n. 1. One who, or that which, locks. [1913 Webster] 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. [1913 Webster] {Chain locker} (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel,… …
2Davy Jones's Locker — Davy Jones Da vy Jones The spirit of the sea; sea devil; a term used by sailors. [1913 Webster] 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… …
3Davy Jones' s locker — see under ↑Davy Jones. shot in the locker see under ↑shot1. • • • Main Entry: ↑locker …
4Davy Jones's locker — [jōn′ziz] n. the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there …
5Davy Jones's locker — noun the bottom of a sea or ocean • Syn: ↑ocean floor, ↑sea floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑sea bottom, ↑Davy Jones • Hypernyms: ↑bed, ↑bottom …
6Davy Jones’s locker — (infml often humor) the bottom of the sea, as the place where people who have died at sea lie dead. The origin of the expression is not known: The crew ended up in Davy Jones’s locker. * * * …
7Davy Jones's locker — humorous the bottom of the sea. No one knows how many wrecked ships there are in Davy Jones s locker …
8Gone to Davy Jones's Locker — Davy Jones Da vy Jones The spirit of the sea; sea devil; a term used by sailors. [1913 Webster] 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… …
9Davy Jones's locker — a grave at sea Grose says David Jones. The devil, the spirit of the sea . The first literary use was by Smollett in 1751. Derivation from the biblical Jonah is sometimes suggested. The locker was the seaman s chest: All hands are snug… …
10DAVY JONES'S LOCKER — the sailors familiar name for the sea as a place of safe keeping, though why called of Davy Jones is uncertain …
