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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



... the trial trip secretly—he did not intend to run the risk of sending Phil and Kirk to that portion of Davy Jones' locker reserved for Asquam Bay. But when he landed, he ran, charging through baybush and alder, till he tumbled into Felicia on the ...
— The Happy Venture • Edith Ballinger Price

... drew a red-hot coal out of the fire, put it upon the bowl of the pipe and began puffing out clouds of pungent smoke. "Nay, nay," said he; "not dead—not dead by odds. But [puff] by the Eternal Holy, Hi, I played many a close game [puff] with old Davy Jones, for all that." ...
— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard I. Pyle

... lonesome, a young feller, I mean, he's got to have company if he has to go down to Davy Jones's, and play seven-up with Ole Nick. Hey, Joe? ...
— Duffels • Edward Eggleston

... Boreland," he said at last. "But we'd better be spry about it, for it'll be Davy Jones' locker for us if we get caught in a ...
— Where the Sun Swings North • Barrett Willoughby

... But never pipes our eye, Tho' we leaves Sue, Poll, and Kitty all behind us; And if we drops our bones Down along o' Davy Jones, Why, they'll come and axe the ...
— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang


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