Davy Jones's locker

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  1. The bottom of the sea, seen as a grave for sailors and the resting place of anything that goes overboard and is lost. idiomatic
    — "Damn my eyes," says he, "they are gone to Davy Jones's locker." NOTE: Partridge erroneously refers to this as from the journal of Richard rather than Nicholas Cresswell.

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There has been much speculation about the origin of this term, but none have been substantiated. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
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