brig
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They like Wash more than Titch, whom they throw in the brig, but they are nice, relatively speaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
The brig, usually a bare-bones room with a bed and bathroom facilities, does not have iron bars like a traditional jail cell.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024
Records suggest that the transatlantic voyage aboard the dilapidated brig was his final journey at sea, with one account saying he fell ill and resigned of his own accord, returning home as a paralytic.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022
Together, we hacked a terminal, passed the brig override code across a room in a short game of telephone, and unlocked the door so that they could escape.
From The Verge • Feb. 25, 2022
“And this: ‘Lady Ashton’s pirate getup was so gauche as to be illegal; quick, somebody, throw her in the brig!’
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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