sin bin

[ sin bin ]

noun

, Slang.

1. Ice Hockey. penalty box ( def 1 ).
2. British. an isolated room or facility where offenders, as misbehaving students or disruptive prisoners, are placed for a period of detention or rehabilitation: four inmates doing time in the sin bin for physical violence.

   secondary-school cyberbullies sent to the sin bin;

   four inmates doing time in the sin bin for physical violence.

sin bin

noun

1. slang.
   (in ice hockey, rugby, etc) an area off the field of play where a player who has committed a foul can be sent to sit for a specified period
2. informal.
   a special unit on a separate site from a school that disruptive schoolchildren attend until they can be reintegrated into their normal classes

Word History and Origins

Origin of sin bin¹

First recorded in 1950–55 sin bin fordef 1; 1980–85 sin bin fordef 2

Example Sentences

While Argentina failed to take advantage of yellow cards for Finlay Bealham and Joe McCarthy, and would see two players sent to the sin bin themselves, Ireland conceded 13 penalties for the second game in succession.

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The visitors reduced the deficit to five points and could smell an upset at a nervy Stadium de Toulouse before Jack Walker was sent to the sin bin for making direct head contact with Dupont.

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The wing has been sent to the sin bin and will be reviewed by the television match officials to see if it will be more.

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When captain GJ Van Velze was sent to the sin bin for a deliberate knock-on, Cronin scored from the resulting penalty and with a man advantage the Tigers powered straight back into Bath's half and Martin scored under the posts for their fourth try on 34 minutes.

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Black Lion's early discipline let them down and things went from bad to worse when Sandro Mamamtavrishvili was sent to the sin bin for an off-the-ball challenge.

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