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brig
noun as in jail
Strong matches
Example Sentences
They like Wash more than Titch, whom they throw in the brig, but they are nice, relatively speaking.
The brig, usually a bare-bones room with a bed and bathroom facilities, does not have iron bars like a traditional jail cell.
The punishment can include confinement in the brig, forfeiture of pay or dishonorable discharge and it is largely based on how long they were away and whether they were apprehended or returned on their own.
But diagnosing your own vaccine injury using the basic scientific method gets you thrown in the political brig for the rest of your life.
Instead, he conjured the past as a master of richly detailed historical works brimming with schooners, brigs and sloops, their sails flapping under moody clouds, with shore lights twinkling in the distance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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