Meaning

2 senses
  1. The spirit of the sea.

    морско́й дья́волmorskój dʹjávol, Дэ́ви ДжонсDɛ́vi Džons, Дэ́йви ДжонсDɛ́jvi Džons

  2. The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.

    The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. A captain sometimes goes to Davy Jones's locker with his ship.

  2. A captain sometimes goes to Davy Jones' locker with his ship.

  3. It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.

  4. The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.

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  5. Davy Jones' locker.

Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 1
the spirit of the sea:

Origin

Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.

Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.

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