sin bin
Noun
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Noun
sin bin (plural sin bins)
- (sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
- 1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, ISBN 0916583112, page 27 ↗,
- Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.”
- 2005, Rachel K. Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine's Day, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J4QYbh95ulgC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22ob+received+a+minor+penalty,+and+as+he+served+out+his+three+minutes+kicking+back+in+the%22&source=bl&ots=du7upUhs8-&sig=AiWgQMEoQb5RbxlXZOZSj0xhleo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DRZKUKdjwtiKB7z1gYAP&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ob%20received%20a%20minor%20penalty%2C%20and%20as%20he%20served%20out%20his%20three%20minutes%20kicking%20back%20in%20the%22&f=false page 46],
- Rob received a minor penalty, and as he served out his three minutes kicking back in the sin bin, Chinook′s sniper, Pierre Dion, shot from the point.
- 2012: Phil Gifford, Rivals: Sports Greatest Battles, HarperCollins Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yv8b0BeIOB4C&pg=PT299&lpg=PT299&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=zpg2g1kV33&sig=KdtQRamu_ZznBktblFPGSw3Hvxs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ARVKUInFJIuUiQfS6YCoBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
- At the play-the-ball Tamati and Dowling started jostling each other, then punching. The referee sent them to the sin bin.
- 1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, ISBN 0916583112, page 27 ↗,
- (figurative) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.
- 2001, Kersti Seksel, Training Your Cat, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CidWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=a4qS82XNfX&sig=OEFo0AflZEPUi6sQXXmFOeINVWc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QS9KULXiHoqjiQfst4HADg&redir_esc=y page 33],
- Punishment can be positive or negative, but both decrease the chances of the behaviour recurring. Positive punishment adds something unpleasant: yelling at the cat, for example. Negative punishment removes something pleasant: your company, for example, by putting the cat in the sin bin (see Chapter 9).
- 2004, Richard Giles, Creating Uncommon Worship: Transforming the Liturgy of the Eucharist, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XoCOt1xwFesC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=fHJnMb0Rj7&sig=7C3T-ZBmV7hPlFKKxSFNw1gVKz0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 88],
- Where habitual offenders remain, we can be sure that any sin-bin will not be populated by members of any one racial group alone.
- 2004, Allison James, Adrian James, Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice, Palgrave MacMillan, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-viI1_15qp4C&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=eaHJ1jU0-5&sig=PGysRy_3MUYsGmNULA7aKp3G184&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=falsepage 130],
- As the pupils who would be the occupants of the sin-bins would not be counted as having been excluded from schools - being simply rehoused within them - the Government′s policy to cut the number of permanent school exclusions would remain intact, while the complaints made by teachers could also be addressed.
- 2004, John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher, Volume 2: The Iron Lady, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eBq4j1AKBwUC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=F8owSx5eAz&sig=m6tfocnaCfq8N24ILZ6mQP3AptQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 214],
- She was obliged to leave him in the sin-bin for four years.
- 2001, Kersti Seksel, Training Your Cat, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CidWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=a4qS82XNfX&sig=OEFo0AflZEPUi6sQXXmFOeINVWc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QS9KULXiHoqjiQfst4HADg&redir_esc=y page 33],
- (US, Australia, colloquial) A panel van with a bed installed in the back.
- 1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VoSGVoHRqZMC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=OJ_xJZ9tV8&sig=oHUn3UbN_TDH3EPLeX338yKBEv0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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.
- 1978 March, Jim Elder, Camp/work conversion, Popular Mechanics, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uM8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=6Vmr4Oezao&sig=-d2yewMcrJ92OH8czKGpzzWcolQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 110],
- There is the shag-carpet “sin bin” with its fur upholstery, mahogany paneling, stained glass, color TV and chrome sidepipes.
- 1986 January, A Family Affair, Popular Mechanics, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-uMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=uYbPMS0IwK&sig=gAHusLdXUbylvxP9Qqpc8yyU5zI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 86],
- Unlike the full-size Sin Bins of the ′70s, the new family vans are cute, comfortable and carlike.
- 1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VoSGVoHRqZMC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=%22sin+bin%22|%22sin+bins%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=OJ_xJZ9tV8&sig=oHUn3UbN_TDH3EPLeX338yKBEv0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uyBKUPXKG7GQiAe32YCoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sin%20bin%22|%22sin%20bins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 70],
- (area for confinement of players while suspended) penalty box
- (place for transgressors)
- (van installed with bed) fuck truck, passion wagon
sin bin
- (sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game
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