stymie
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The gold lettering on the front of the building was a slab-serif font titled Stymie Extra Bold.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2020
I guess that makes me Stymie, but that's cool.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2012
The snickers stopped in 1943, when Jacobs claimed an unimpressive colt named Stymie for $1,500 and turned him into one of the most spectacular horses of all time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, looking over his shoulder, Arcaro saw that there was nothing to worry about and eased up to win, three lengths ahead of gallant old Stymie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stymie, stī′mi, n. in golf, a position on the putting-green when the ball of one player lies between that of his opponent and the hole.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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