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Davy Jones's locker

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




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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

We didn't reach Davy Jones's locker that time, did we?

From The Scarecrow of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

I thought one day you were going to Davy Jones’s locker, as the sailors call it.”

From Fitz the Filibuster by Piffard, Harold




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