sin bin
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sin bin
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From sin + bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.
noun sin bins · sin-bin · sinbin
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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.”
Similar: penalty box
- 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.
- A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.
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Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.
1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, page 70,
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.
Similar: fuck truck
verb sin bins · sin binning · sin binned · sin-bin · sinbin
- to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game
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noun sports: an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play
| Français | banc |
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