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Davy jones's locker

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Noun
  1. 1
    the bottom of a sea or ocean wordnet

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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