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Informal Noun: An off-court/off-pitch area used during certain sporting events as a disciplinary measure against players in breech of the game's rules.
A) Did you see that tackle Freidrich just put on Tibby?
B) Yes, that was out of order...looks like the ref agrees, he's just sent him to the sin-bin for it.
Sin-Bin by MKW July 21, 2008
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The penalty box in hockey or roller derby
He got sent to the sin bin for that elbow to the head
sin bin by Woody Thomas January 8, 2006
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Australian slang for a panel van, fitted out with the minimum of a mattress (but often quite elaborately decked out) and primarily used with the aim of using it to perform horizontal folk dancing in. "If it's rockin', don't bother knockin'" sums up the leitmotif of the sin bin owner very neatly.
An appropriate bumper sticker on a panno used a sin bin would be "if it's rockin', don't bother knockin'!"
Sin bin by Bag O'Turnips April 8, 2008
noun: jail, jail cell, prison
I got a little wrecked last night and yelled at a cop for taking my parking space. Oops, double whammy. He threw me straight into the sin bin!
sin bin by pposh November 30, 2010
The container, usually the top drawer of a night stand, that contains ones sexual belongings such as condoms, lube, toys etc.
having failed picking anyone up at the bar, Laura reached in to her sin bin to find her man substitute.
Sin Bin by RyanPiezo February 24, 2009
Slang term for the penalty box in hockey.
That motherfucker spends so much time in the sin bin that he has a PSP and his phone charger in there.
Sin Bin by AC Sativa November 28, 2016
I shouldn't have done that with you, but one trip to the SIN BIN and I'm forgiven. So let's do it again!
sin bin by rewinn November 14, 2010
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