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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
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sin bin
n (Ice Hockey inf) → Strafbank f; in the sin binauf der Strafbank


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The game at Llanharan RFC's Dairy Field was better than the try-count of 1-0 showed and Llantwit, who led 3-0 after five minutes, were storming right back into it with 10 minutes remaining and Quins having a player in the sin-bin.
If the sin-bin is dead and buried then teams might as well have the chance to see what the new rule is like.
Leicester Tigers won a highly-charged Zurich Premiership match as an ill-disciplined Saracens performance saw four of their players spend time in the sin-bin.
 
 
 
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