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Bin
1. A pocket, usually in trousers. This example of the jargon of cat burglars was recorded in FHM magazine in April 1996.
2. The bin (British) a mental hospital or asy- lum. A shortening of loony bin.
'If she goes on like this she's going to end up in the bin.' (Recorded, housewife, London, 1988).
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