Usually means: Underwater resting place for sailors.
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  1. Davy Jones' locker: Wiktionary
  2. davy jones locker: Dictionary.com
  3. Davy Jones' Locker, Davy Jones' Locker (disambiguation), Davy Jones locker, Davy jones locker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Davy Jones' Locker: The Word Detective
  5. Davy Jones locker: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. Davy Jones' locker: World Wide Words
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  1. Davy Jones' Locker, davy jones locker: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Davy Jones' locker)

noun:  Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker [(nautical, idiomatic) The bottom of the ocean, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting-place of anything that goes overboard and is lost.]


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