sin-bin, v. orig. Austral.
Brit. /ˈsɪn bɪn/, U.S. /ˈsɪn ˌbɪn/
[‹ sin-bin n. at sin n.1 Compounds 3.]
trans. To send (a person) away as a punishment; to banish; (Sport) to send (a player) off the field (usually for a specified period of time). Usu. in pass.
| 1983 National Times (Sydney) 1 July 14/3 While Wrann is ‘sin-binned’ the party should be loyal to acting Premier Ferguson. 1986 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 14 Sept. 56/2 A former FBI agent who has been sin-binned to a jerkwater town in America for playing too rough with a prospective witness. 1996 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Apr. 19 Torreilles converted and then added a penalty when the Oldham loose forward..was sin-binned for a professional foul six minutes from time. 2000 Irish World 2 June 40/5 However when Munster captain Mick Galwey was sin-binned for deliberate obstruction on Malone in the 65th minute it proved to be one crisis too many for the Reds. |
Derivatives. sin-binned adj.
| 1985 Times 30 Nov. 23/3 It [sc. the sin-bin] also gives the *sin-binned player a chance to cool his blood down from 100 degrees. 2002 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 2 Mar. 27 Orrell didn't take long to regain the lead once they had the wind at their back and both their sinbinned players back on the pitch. |
sin-binning n.
| 1986 Canberra Times 1 May 30/1 *Sin-binning will be introduced in ACT rugby from Saturday. 2001 Times 2 Apr. (Sport section) s8/4 The one black mark on their day was the sin-binning of Phil Greening, the hooker, for a professional foul. |