in the sin bin

  • 1the sin bin — (hockey) the penalty box, cool your heels    For tripping, hooking or holding you get two minutes in the sin bin …

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  • 2sin-bin — sinˈ bin transitive verb To send (a person) to the sin bin • • • Main Entry: ↑sin …

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  • 3sin bin — noun a) 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 …

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  • 4sin-bin — also sin bin N SING In the sports of ice hockey and rugby league, if a player is sent to the sin bin, they are ordered to leave the playing area for a short period of time because they have done something that is against the rules …

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  • 5sin bin — n British a place to which difficult or hopeless cases are consigned. The term is applied particularly to schools or other educational or correctional institutions. It is derived from ice hockey, where the sin bin is the rinkside area where trans …

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  • 6sin-bin — verb To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field …

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  • 7Sin-bin — 1. panel van, often luxuriously appointed, as a suitable place for sexual intercourse; shaggin wagon; fuck truck; root ute; 2. (in team sports) an area adjoining the playing field set aside for penalised players; 3. consign a player to the sin… …

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  • 8sin-bin — Australian Slang 1. panel van, often luxuriously appointed, as a suitable place for sexual intercourse; shaggin wagon; fuck truck; root ute; 2. (in team sports) an area adjoining the playing field set aside for penalised players; 3. consign a… …

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  • 9sin bin — (hockey) See the sin bin …

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  • 10sin bin — noun 1. (in ice hockey, etc) an enclosure to which a player is sent for a statutory length of time when suspended from a game for unruly behaviour 2. A room or other place to which disruptive school pupils are sent • • • Main Entry: ↑sin * * *… …

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