Davy Jones's locker

English Davy Jones's Locker Alternative forms en Davy Jones' locker Davy Jones locker Davey Jones's locker Davey Jones' locker Davey Jones locker Davie Jones's locker Davie Jones' locker Davie Jones locker Davy's locker Davey's locker Davie's locker Etymology There has been much speculation about the origin of this term, but none have been substantiated. See more at Davy Jones' Locker#History Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia. Pronunciation en en-au-Davy Jones's locker.ogg AU Proper noun Davy Jones's locker en nautical idiomatic The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting place of anything that goes overboard and is lost. en 1774 Nicholas Cresswell The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-7 "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. en 1781 August Isaac Kimber; Edward Kimber The Summer Theatre The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer 50 360 ... 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." Translations the ocean as a grave for sailors Finnish: fi Ahdin valtakunta French: fr le grand bouillon m German: Grab in Meerestiefe n Italian: it Lo scrigno di Davy Jones Russian: могила моряков (mogíla morjakóv) f Spanish: el fondo del mar m Welsh: cy cwpwrdd Dafydd Jôs m See also en the captain goes down with the ship seabed,seabottom sleep with the fishes Further reading Davy Jones's Locker Davy Jones's locker, Davey Jones' locker, Davy Jones' locker 1984 en eponyms en Death Oceans Personifications