Sin Bin

[Victoria Neufeldt]

It's in the Dict of Canadianisms (pub in 1967) for the penalty box meaning.
The first quotation is 1958, from an Alberta newspaper.

Victoria

Victoria Neufeldt
1533 Early Drive
Saskatoon, Sask.
S7H 3K1
Canada
Tel: 306-955-8910

Alice Faber writes ( Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:28 PM):

> Certain broadcasters regularly refer to the penalty box as the "sin bin",
> even today. I don't have a clear sense of whether it's a Canadianism or
> whether it's used by US announcers as well.