Davy Jones en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
Meanings
- The spirit of the sea.
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The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.
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.
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:
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| Davie Jones | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
cmn 戴維·鐘斯 /戴维·钟斯 (the spirit of the sea) · ru морско́й дья́вол (the spirit of the sea) · ja 海の悪霊 (the spirit of the sea) · ko 데비 존스 (the spirit of the sea) · cmn 戴維·瓊斯 /戴维·琼斯 (the spirit of the sea) · ja デイビー・ジョーンズ (the spirit of the sea) · cy Dafydd Jôs (the spirit of the sea) · ru Дэ́йви Джонс (the spirit of the sea) · ru Дэ́ви Джонс (the spirit of the sea)