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sin bin Hockey, Slang

• in hockey or box lacrosse, a special bench outside the playing area, where penalized players are required to sit out the time of their banishment from the game.

  See also: penalty box  

  • 1958  [The] game saw 37 minutes spent in the sin-bin. . . .
  • 1966  Then, Ted Harris joined Fergy in the sin bin and Ron Ellis scored for the Leafs.