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Davy_Jones

Davy Jones

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Davy Jones

  1. The spirit of the sea.
  2. The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
    The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 18
      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.

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