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Meanings of stinting in английском

Avoiding waste.

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        Usage of stinting in английском
        1
        Why should we be pinching and stinting to keep him in idleness?'
        New Grub Street
        2
        I told him the whole story, not stinting on the detail.
        Ghost Story
        3
        She ran away, when I was stinting myself to keep her.
        Love Stories
        4
        It's owned by Leeds Brewery, but there is no stinting on the beer.
        The Guardian
        5
        I generally do, and as this is me last, I'm not stinting measurement.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890
        6
        She has been saving and stinting until she can save and stint no more.
        The Jericho Road
        7
        Or sons like Makepeace, slow of wit, stinting in affection.
        Caleb's crossing
        8
        Republicans accuse Democrats of stinting on national security in order to fund pet domestic projects.
        Reuters
        9
        She had had her own way, and in stinting herself had found her own reward.
        Orley Farm
        10
        This cutting down, stinting, and economy everywhere has told upon the population of the village.
        Hodge and His Masters
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        It wasn't the struggling, stinting, self-denying that galled him-itwas the inadequacy of the result.
        Tales of Men and Ghosts
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        No worry, no disputing, no stinting of one's self to be borne with a sigh.
        Men in War
        13
        But then nobody thought of stinting him, especially as his bones were none too well covered.
        Bert Lloyd's Boyhood: A Story from Nova Scotia
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        I do all the stinting and make all the sacrifices and your father gets all the respect.
        Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
        15
        The major had learned a good deal about the noble art of stinting these last few weeks.
        The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
        16
        There was no stinting of the supply.
        Cast Adrift
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        Stinting through the time