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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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In “Twenty-Sided Tavern,” there are three core actors playing and acting out the game, one dungeon master and a sort of tavern keeper helping to keep score and track of the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

At least two other Texas prisons, the Gib Lewis Unit and the John B. Connally Unit, have their own version of the dungeon.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

Despite being a dungeon crawler, the series has an unusually explicit focus on food.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024

One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off....We cannot be free until they are free.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander