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Hockey, Slang

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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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: penalty box

Quotations

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.