stint
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance.
had been stinting
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past perfect progressiveof stint.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He did not add, what was the truth, that lately he had been stinting himself on his luncheons in the effort to save a little more of his earnings.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Harold M. Brett
