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DASHIELL HAMMETT
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• DASHIELL HAMMETT (noun)
The noun DASHIELL HAMMETT has 1 sense:
1. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
Familiarity information: DASHIELL HAMMETT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Dashiell Hammett; Hammett; Samuel Dashiell Hammett
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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