stinting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stint

plural stintings

1. Act of one who stints.

   There is no such bad policy as stinting a boy—or putting him on a lower allowance than his fellows

   1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

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   […] as long as they can contrive to make a respectable appearance once a year, when they come to town, he gives himself little concern about their private stintings and struggles at home.

   1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall