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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sin bin
noun
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▪ Leonard was sent to the sin bin.
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sin bin

alt. 1 (context sports English) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game. 2 (context figurative English) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace. 3 (context US Australia colloquial English) A panel van with a bed installed in the back. n. 1 (context sports English) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game. 2 (context figurative English) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace. 3 (context US Australia colloquial English) A panel van with a bed installed in the back. vb. (context sports usually in passive voice English) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game

Usage examples of "sin bin".

You get glass ampoules which you have to chuck straight in the sin bin - the sharps bucket - when you've emptied them.