Meanings
plural stenogs
- datedinformalA stenographer.
The very stenogs who had scorned them before wanted them now.
1925, The National Druggist, volume 552 more examples
When a girl's a young lady she's got to have a good supply of fresh skirts and clean shirt-waists. Men like to see their stenogs dressed clean and pretty.
1913, Everybody's Magazine, volume 28As I said before I had cased this mouse and she was pretty but I knew she was no society debutante. Probably a stenog out of work but very cute.
1940, John O'Hara, Pal Joey
Origin
Shortening.
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stenog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenog
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