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stint

(st/I/nt )

an unbroken period of time during which you do something(noun.time)

Synonym:
stretch

source: wordnet30
smallest American sandpiper(noun.animal)

Synonym:
erolia minutilla, least sandpiper

source: wordnet30
an individual's prescribed share of work(noun.act)

Example:
Her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her.

source: wordnet30
Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.(noun)

source: webster1913
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.(noun)

source: webster1913

subsist on a meager allowance(verb.possession)

Synonym:
scrimp, skimp

source: wordnet30
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities(verb.possession)

Synonym:
scant, skimp

source: wordnet30
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.(verb)

source: webster1913
To stop; to cease.(verb)

source: webster1913

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