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Meaning of stint

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stint
      n 1: an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
           "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the
           federal penitentiary" [syn: {stretch}, {stint}]
      2: smallest American sandpiper [syn: {least sandpiper}, {stint},
         {Erolia minutilla}]
      3: an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a
         lifeguard exhausted her"
      v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn:
           {scrimp}, {stint}, {skimp}]
      2: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
         the allowance" [syn: {stint}, {skimp}, {scant}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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