Definition
The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.
Origins
There has been much speculation about the origin of this term, but none have been substantiated. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
In Context
- ""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."
- "... are discovered singing a melancholy duet, bewailing the loss of an honest tar, whom they suppose (to use the burthen of the song) "is in Davy Jones's locker.""
See Also
- seabed
- seabottom
- sleep with the fishes
- the captain goes down with the ship