Davy Jones
| Personification of a malevolent spirit of the sea. The phrase ‘gone to Davy Jones's locker’ is used by sailors referring to those drowned at sea. |
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| If you won't, my name is Alexander Smollett, I've flown my sovereign's colours, and I'll see you all to Davy Jones. [1] Davy Jones is the spirit of the sea, or the sea devil, and Davy Jones's locker is the bottom of the ocean; hence, "gone to Davy Jones's locker" signifies "dead and buried in the sea. this is the way a fellow feels when he's going to Davy Jones --all a rush down an endless inclined plane |
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