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davy jones's locker

 

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Noun davy jones's locker has 1 sense
  1. ocean floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones - the bottom of a sea or ocean
    --1 is a kind of bed, bottom
    --1 has particulars:
     abyssal zone; continental shelf; continental slope, bathyal zone, bathyal district; neritic zone; twilight zone

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Davy Jones's Locker

Definition:

Davy Jones's Locker is a nautical term referring to the bottom of the sea, especially a burial place for sailors or shipwrecks.

Usage:

  1. As a noun:
    a) Popular sense: Davy Jones's Locker is often used to portray the idea of death at sea, where sailors and their ships are lost forever beneath the waves. It symbolizes the watery grave of those who perish while sailing.
    Example sentence: Sailors fear ending up in Davy Jones's Locker and never seeing their loved ones again.
    b) Local sense: In certain coastal regions, Davy Jones's Locker may refer to a specific location perceived as a cursed or dangerous area of the sea.
    Example sentence: Local legends warn sailors to avoid the treacherous reefs near Davy Jones's Locker.
  2. As a verb:
    a) Popular sense: To be "sent to Davy Jones's Locker" means to suffer a watery death, usually by drowning or sinking at sea.
    Example sentence: The storm was so fierce that it threatened to send the ship and its crew to Davy Jones's Locker.
    b) Local sense: In some areas, "to Davy Jones's Locker" can be used as a colloquial expression meaning to experience a significant or overwhelming failure or loss.
    Example sentence: After losing the championship game, the team felt like they had been sent to Davy Jones's Locker.

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