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Davy Jones's locker

[john-ziz, johnz] / ˈdʒoʊn zɪz, dʒoʊnz /




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Iran’s navy has mostly found its way to Davy Jones’s locker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Mr Sherborne said on Thursday it was a "shame" that messages where "lying at the bottom of the sea in Davy Jones's locker".

From BBC ● May 13, 2022

What you see here is a Brazilian maniac dropping into the tsunami-manifestation of Davy Jones's locker, and somehow living not only tell the tale, but also accept to an award for it.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 30, 2018

Like everybody else, scientists have long wanted to know what Davy Jones's locker holds, besides sunken ships.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Nor yet if they are going to Davy Jones's locker," said one scoffer, "as it seems to me they are."

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Edouard Riou


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