sin-binning

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sin-binning (usually uncountable, plural sin-binnings)

  1. (sports) The act of being sent to the sin bin, for illegal play
    • 2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman[1]:
      Finn Russell and Owen Farrell kicked two penalties apiece but it was the Scotland stand-off who ruled the roost - despite a ten-minute sin-binning for an attempted trip on England scrum-half Ben Youngs.