Davy Jones's locker
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- (nautical, idiomatic) The bottom of the ocean, especially as the grave for sailors. Also a common saying when something goes overboard and is lost.
- 1774, Nicholas Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-7:
- "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.
- 1774, Nicholas Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-7:
- French: le grand bouillon
- Italian: Lo scrigno di Davy Jones
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