stint (
http://definr.com/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]