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/dˈeɪvi dʒˈoʊnzɪz lˈɑkər/ Listen

Davy Jones's locker

noun

The bottom of a sea or ocean. Synonyms: Davy Jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed.

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"Davy Jones's locker" Quotes from Famous Books

... mathematics—only aquatics. All the brute beasts swim—even donkeys swim without teaching. Boh! bah! There, lay hold o' me—so. Now, mind, if you try to take me round the neck with your two arms I'll plant my fist on the bridge of your nose, an' let you go to Davy Jones's locker." ...

— The Battery and the Boiler - Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables • R.M. Ballantyne

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... they have done before now,—I say, "That's my experience, sir," which is all I've got to say);—brutal men, and about as fit for their positions as if they'd been imported for the purpose a little indirect from Davy Jones's Locker. Though they do say that the flogging is pretty much done away with in these days, which makes ...

— Men, Women, and Ghosts • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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Words linked to "Davy Jones's locker" : bathyal zone, bathyal district, continental slope, continental shelf, neritic zone, abyssal zone, bed, twilight zone, bottom