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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Davy Jones's locker
    n 1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: ocean floor, sea
         floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy
         Jones's locker, Davy Jones]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Locker \Lock"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, locks.
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   2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a
      ship, that may be closed with a lock.
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   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.
      --Totten.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Davy Jones \Da"vy Jones"\
   The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
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         This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of
         sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil
         spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes
         warning the devoted wretch of death and woe.
                                                  --Smollett.
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   Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean.

   Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea;
      thrown overboard.
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