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Locker   /lˈɑkər/   Listen
noun
Locker  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, locks.
2.
A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.
Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.
Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones.
Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited.





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"Locker" Quotes from Famous Books



... ladder—not a staircase, mind!—to the sleeping deck. There we see two long rows of chests, which represent the wardrobe, chest of drawers, washing place, private locker, every piece of furniture, in fact, which a ...
— Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
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... darkness of the locker beneath the forecastle, he was more fortunate than he could reasonably have expected to be, for as he crawled over the rusty links he felt a shackle. It appeared to be of the usual harp-pattern with a cottered ...
— Hawtrey's Deputy • Harold Bindloss
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... tarry anchor into soft gray calm. For here shall he find the good shelter of friends like-minded with himself, and of hospitable turn, having no cause to hurry any more than he has, all too wise to command their own ships; and here will they all jollify together while the sky holds a cloud or the locker a drop. Nothing here can shake their ships, except a violent east wind, against which they wet the other eye; lazy boats visit them with comfort and delight, while white waves are leaping, in the offing; they cherish their well-earned ...
— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore
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... for some time more the young rookies strolled back to barracks. Hal had yet to find Sergeant Hupner and get assigned to a bed and a locker. ...
— Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks - or, Two Recruits in the United States Army • H. Irving Hancock
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... likely enough," said one of the men, getting up resignedly and going over to the locker for ...
— The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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