Read full poem →they were much more patient hearers than they are at
present; and our old dramatists were not apt to stint
them in quantity : Garrick, therefore, thought it ad-
Dictionary Entry
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
In a Sentence
“He had a stint in jail.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. stintstint withoutstint yearstint briefstint short
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “stint”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And thicker darkness changed to feebler light,
Until forgiveness, without stint renew'd,
Was now no more with loving tears imbued,
Read full poem →And vainly still our hopes to entertain
Would stint his route, and circle us again,--
Till, wearied out with many a coaxing call
Read full poem →And where the appetite is still to hear
And not believe, falsehood would stint it less.
How say you? Does your hunger’s fancy choose
Read full poem →Even with truths that lie too deep for taint.
I would have poured my spirit without stint
But not through wounds; not on the cess of war.