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English to English noun
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an unbroken period of time during which you do something |  | Example: there were stretches of boredom
he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
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smallest American sandpiper | | source: wordnet30
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an individual's prescribed share of work | | Example: her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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Limit; bound; restraint; extent. | | source: webster1913
verb
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subsist on a meager allowance | | Example: scratch and scrimp
source: wordnet30
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supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | | Example: sting with the allowance
source: wordnet30
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To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. | | source: webster1913
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To stop; to cease. | | source: webster1913
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