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sin bin

noun 4
verb 2
forms 6

noun4

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An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
- Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.” — 1985
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(figurative) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.
- I spent a week in the sin-bin for that one. — 1995
(UK, informal) A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.
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(US, informal) Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.
- There′s a shag rug on the floor, padding on walls and ceiling, and, for extra comfort, a 600-gallon water bed. The Sin Bin is made by Chinook Mobilodge. — 1972

verb2

to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game
•
To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.
- That is how it stayed until the break and just when Wales needed to keep their composure, tight-head prop Mitchell was sin-binned for killing the ball at a ruck and Flood kicked the penalty. — 2011

forms

sin binned · sin-binned · sin binning · sin-binning · sin bins · sin-bins

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