sin bin

== English == === Alternative forms === sin-bin, sinbin === Etymology === From sin +‎ bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name. === Pronunciation === === 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. 2012: Phil Gifford, Rivals: Sports Greatest Battles, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page, At the play-the-ball Tamati and Dowling started jostling each other, then punching. The referee sent them to the sin bin. (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. 2004, Allison James, Adrian James, Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice, Palgrave MacMillan, 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, page 214, She was obliged to leave him in the sin-bin for four years. (UK, education, colloquial) A referral unit or special class for frequent truants. (US, Australia, colloquial) 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. 1978 March, Jim Elder, Camp/work conversion, Popular Mechanics, 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, page 86, Unlike the full-size Sin Bins of the ′70s, the new family vans are cute, comfortable and carlike. ==== Synonyms ==== (area for confinement of players while suspended): penalty box (place for transgressors): ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== red card yellow card === Verb === sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned) (sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game ==== Translations ====