Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: locker
IPA transcription: [l'ɑkɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cabinet, locker, storage_locker
    Meaning: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
Usage examples
  • 'Then why did he keep her in Davy Jones's locker?' Dan asked.
  • "Through with everything?" he enquired, as he seated himself, and Quinton threw himself on a locker.
  • Our case appeared pretty nearly desperate; but a seaman never gives up "whilst there is a shot in the locker," or a fresh expedient to be tried.
  • His forced abstemiousness was rendered the more intolerable by the fact that Captain Puffin, hobbling in immediately afterwards, fetched from his locker a large flask of the required elixir, and proceeded to mix himself a long, strong tumblerful. After the Major's rudeness in the matter of the half-crown, it was impossible for any sailor of spirit to take the first step towards reconciliation.