sinbin

Noun

sin bin (plural sin bins)

1. 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.”1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, →ISBN, page 27

   Synonyms:

   penalty box

2. (figuratively) 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.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 116
3. (UK, colloquial) A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.
4. (Australia, US, colloquial) Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.
   • 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.1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, page 70

   Synonyms:

   fuck truck

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