sin bin

noun

slang (in ice hockey, rugby, 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
British 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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Words nearby sin bin

simultaneous, simultaneous equations, simv, simvastatin, sin, sin bin, sin tax, sin-1, sina, sinai, sinai, mount
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