Davy Jones
English
Alternative forms
- Davey Jones, Davie Jones
Etymology
Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
Proper noun
- The spirit of the sea.
- The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
- The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.
Translations
the spirit of the sea
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See also
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