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Definition of Dashiell Hammett
1. Noun. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dashiell Hammett
Literary usage of Dashiell Hammett
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 by Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch (1999)
"The Hellman/Hammett grant program began in 1989 when the estates of American
authors Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett asked Human Rights Watch to design ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"American novelists, under the obvious influence of Dashiell Hammett, have
deliberately emphasized the detection part of the novel. Thus Stanley Gardner has ..."
3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"Established in 1989, the grant program is funded by the estates of Lillian Hellman
and Dashiell Hammett. American writers who were victimized for their ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"—Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, 1929 were you so afraid of a man like Keegan,
you wouldn't step forward . ..."
5. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"... Chandler (whose stories were set in my hometown of Los Angeles) or Dashiell
Hammett (whose characters inhabited my second favorite city, San Francisco). ..."
6. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"The Hellman/Hammett grant program began in 1989 when the estates of American
authors Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett asked Human Rights Watch to design ..."
7. California by John Gottberg (1999)
"... and chronicled his impressions of the city in Roughing It. In the 1920s,
mystery writer Dashiell Hammett immortalized detective Sam Spade in The Maltese ..."
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