Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which stints, checks, or puts a stop to: as, a stinter of strife.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, stints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
stints .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an economizer who stints someone with something
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kudos to both prolific producer J.J Abrams and to former T.V episode stinter director Matt Reeves for keeping such a tight leach on proceedings and learning to go by the ‘raw is real’ code of conduct that has so smartly served other, more senior directors, such as Ridley Scott and David Cronenberg in there previous alien and insectode encounters.
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And thus having shewn, both what ought to be meant by praying by the Spirit, and what ought not, cannot be meant by it; let us now see whether a set form, or this extemporary way, be the greater hinderer and stinter of it: in order to which, I shall lay down these three assertions.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823
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