sin bin

Definitions

Slang

• noun 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 transgressing players serve out time penalties.

Sports

• noun an area with a bench beside an ice hockey rink or a rugby pitch where penalised players must stay during the period that they have to serve as a time penalty for an offence

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2 definitions in context
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• Sports