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Davy Jones
Davy Jones, in nautical slang the spirit of the sea, usually cast in the form of a sea devil. ‘This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep’ ( Tobias Smollett, Peregrine Pickle (1751), ch. XIII). Davy Jones's locker, the bottom of the sea, the final resting place of sunken ships, of articles lost or thrown overboard, of men buried at sea. The phrase also became a seaman's euphemism for death, saying ‘He's gone to Davy Jones's locker’, when someone has been buried at sea. The term is often shortened to Davy.
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"Davy Jones." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Davy Jones." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-DavyJones.html "Davy Jones." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-DavyJones.html |
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Davy Jones
Davy Jones personification or spirit of the sea. The name is best known in the expression "Davy Jones's locker," meaning the bottom of the sea, to which drowned sailors go. |
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"Davy Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Davy Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DavyJone.html "Davy Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DavyJone.html |
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Davy Jones
Davy Jones (naut. sl.) spirit of the sea, sailor's devil; Davy Jones's locker, grave of those who perish at sea. XVIII. The allusion is unkn.
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T. F. HOAD. "Davy Jones." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "Davy Jones." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-DavyJones.html T. F. HOAD. "Davy Jones." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-DavyJones.html |
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Davy Jones
Davy Jones see Davy Jones . |
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"Davy Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Davy Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-JonesDa.html "Davy Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-JonesDa.html |
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