Davy Jones's locker
Definitions
The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.
Equivalents
2 more languages
ItalianoLo scrigno di Davy Jones
Русскиймогила моряков
Examples
“"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."”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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