"Stint" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In English law. Limit; a limited number. Used as descriptive of a species of common. See Common sans Nombek
To stop; to cease.
To put an end to; to stop.
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
A phalarope.
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.
To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the
day or for a certain time; to stent.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of
mares.
Despite my mum being from a small village in the middle of a forest, I'm not a country person. I don't like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and fondling a pig.
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