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sin bin
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sin bin
n
1. (Team Sports, other than specified) Slang (in ice hockey, etc.) an area off the field of play where a player who has committed a foul can be sent to sit for a specified period
2. (Social Science / Education) Brit informal a special unit on a separate site from a school that disruptive schoolchildren attend until they can be reintegrated into their normal classes
Translations
sin bin
n (Ice Hockey inf) → Strafbank f; in the sin binauf der Strafbank


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The Football League yesterday revealed the results of a survey of more than 43,000 supporters of League clubs, of which 56% backed the introduction of sin bins ( the rule which would force a player who had acted illegally to leave the field for a short period of time ( and 88% supported the introduction of innovations such as goal-line technology.
The League yesterday revealed the results of a survey of more than 43,000 supporters, of which 56% backed the introduction of sin bins and 88% the introduction of innovations such as goal-line technology.
Sin bins are a familiar and successful feature in rug by union.
 
 
 
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