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sin-bin

noun

Meaning

  1. An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
  2. 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. A panel van with a bed installed in the back.
  4. To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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