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sin bin noun- in team sports, an off-field area a player can be sent to for a period as a punishment for breaking the rules CANADA
- High-sticking is a good way to get put in the sin-bin. — Bobby Orr, Orr on Ice, p. 165, 1970
- The referee had his work cut out just keeping the game under control without worrying too much about the rules and ended up giving nine players a stint in the sin-bin. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 200, 1992
- in prison, a punishment cell or the punishment block UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 105, 1996
- a panel van or the like used for sexual encounters AUSTRALIA
- They tended not to get on as well with the girlfriend’s parents when they turned up in their sinbins. — Sandra Jobson, Blokes, p. 75, 1984
▶ in the sin bin ostracised AUSTRALIA- I spent a week in the sin-bin for that one. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 116, 1995
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