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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In sports such as hockey and lacrosse, the penalty box or penalty area.
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- noun sports An area where
players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game. - noun figuratively A place for
transgressors , alimbo ; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state ofdisgrace . - noun US, Australia, colloquial A
panel van with a bed installed in the back. - verb sports to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game
Etymologies
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Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.
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