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Davy Jones   /dˈeɪvi dʒoʊnz/   Listen
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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.






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"Davy jones" Quotes from Famous Books



... to tremble with passion as he held up a black thing that had been tucked under his coat, "this invention I took off our rudder post when I rowed 'round to see what they'd been up to. It's a dirty bomb, fixed to start us off for Davy Jones's Locker sometime tonight, sir!" ...
— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris

... good! We didn't reach Davy Jones's locker that time, did we? Though why we didn't, an' why we're here, is more'n I ...
— The Scarecrow of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... you are not even an occupant; you are contents. You are a cargo at sea, and the "cherub that sits up aloft" has Davy Jones's ...
— The Four Million • O. Henry

... had 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

... want to be kind to you, seeing how bad you've been. I thought one day you were going to Davy Jones's locker, as ...
— Fitz the Filibuster • George Manville Fenn


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