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DASHIELL HAMMETT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
Synonyms:
Dashiell Hammett; Hammett; Samuel Dashiell Hammett
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Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))