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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Da·vy Jones's locker /ˌdeviˌʤonz(əz)-/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lock·er n.
 1. One who, or that which, locks.
 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.
 Chain locker Naut., a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.
 Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones.
 Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Da·vy Jones The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
    This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe.   --Smollett.
 Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean.
 Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Davy Jones's locker
      n : the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: ocean floor, ocean
           bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones]