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}]
2: smallest American sandpiper [syn: {least sandpiper}, {Erolia
minutilla}]
3: an individuals prescribed share of work: "her stint as a
lifeguard exhausted her"
v 1: scratch and scrimp [syn: {scrimp}, {skimp}]
2: supply sparingly, with a meager allowance [syn: {skimp}, {scant}]