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 ]

smallest American sandpiper

[ Syn: least sandpiper , erolia minutilla ]

an individual's prescribed share of work; her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her'

subsist on a meager allowance; scratch and scrimp

[ Syn: scrimp , skimp ]

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; sting with the allowance

[ Syn: skimp , scant ]