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They have the rough, "found" beauty of stenos or inner-city cheerleaders, and they run through their number with artless urgency, as if they realize that this is their one fluky shot at stardom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The word stenography is derived from the Greek adjective stenos meaning "narrow" or "close," and the Greek verb graphein signifying "to write."

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

You mustn't get Pearlie mixed with the common or garden variety of stenos.

From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Ferber, Edna