What is a synonym for "davy jones's locker"?

Common synonyms include: davy jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed.

Davy jones's locker

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Noun

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the bottom of a sea or ocean wordnet

Proper Noun

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The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost. idiomatic
""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."

Synonyms

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davy jones ocean bottom ocean floor sea bottom sea floor seabed

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""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."

Etymology

There has been much speculation about the origin of this term, but none have been substantiated. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.

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