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stint

UK/stɪnt/ US/ˈstɪnt/ uncommon archaic obsolete
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

an unbroken period of time during which you do something

  • “there were stretches of boredom”
  • “he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary”
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2.
3.

an individuals prescribed share of work

  • “her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her”

verb

1.

subsist on a meager allowance

  • “scratch and scrimp”
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2.

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

  • “sting with the allowance”
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Origin

From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

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