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[ ham-it ] / ˈhæm ɪt /
noun(Samuel) Da·shiell [duh-sheel, dash-eel], /dəˈʃil, ˈdæʃ il/, 1894–1961, U.S. writer of detective stories. Words nearby HammettHammerstein II, Hammerstein, Oscar, II, hammerstone, hammer throw, hammertoe, Hammett, Hammett, Dashiell, hammock, Hammon, Hammond, Hammond organ Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Hammett[the seminal pulp crime magazine which first published Hammett]. The Man With Stories to Tell|Allen Barra|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Despite its sizeable influence on American fiction and film, Red Harvest remains the only Hammett novel never to have been filmed. The Man With Stories to Tell|Allen Barra|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Robert Graves thought Hammett was better than either Chandler or Asbury and called The Maltese Falcon, “a literary landmark.” The Man With Stories to Tell|Allen Barra|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Add A.J. Liebling, Raymond Chandler, Hammett, Cain, and the boys, Nelson Algren and William Kennedy. Daniel Woodrell: How I Write|Noah Charney|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But we never really read Chandler—or Hammett—for their mysteries, we read them for language and atmosphere. Can Pulp Win the Booker?|Allen Barra|September 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST In truth, the supper down at the old Hammett farmhouse, after the work of the day was over, was the principal event. Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long He was uneasy right away, because he had failed to arrange with Hammett how long he was to stay locked up. 100%: The Story of a Patriot|Upton Sinclair When Peter started to scream, Hammett clapped his other hand over his mouth, and so Peter knew that it was all up. 100%: The Story of a Patriot|Upton Sinclair Walky Dexter was going to drive out to the Hammett place after supper to pick up his load of young people. Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long Ford and Hammett are at the dock all ready to search him when I give the word. Under Cover|Roi Cooper Megrue
British Dictionary definitions for Hammett
nounDashiell. 1894–1961, US writer of detective novels. His books include The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Thin Man (1932) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |