Hammett

[ ham-it ]

/ ˈhæm ɪt /

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noun

(Samuel) Da·shiell

[duh-sheel, dash-eel], /dəˈʃil, ˈdæʃ il/, 1894–1961, U.S. writer of detective stories.

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How to use Hammett in a sentence

[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

He self-consciously tries to ape the mannerisms of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.
The Foodie Detective: The Pepe Carvalho Novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán|Malcolm Forbes|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Does Hammett still talk about 'percepting the subject' and 'emerging the high-lights' and 'profunding the shadows'?
The Orchard of Tears|Sax Rohmer
It is sold for ten cents by Hammett, publisher, in Brattle street, Boston.
Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School|Elizabeth P. Peabody
Colonel Hammett drew upon every resource of business and personal friendship to tide the venture over from 1873 to 1876.
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South|Broadus Mitchell
A debt of gratitude is due to the memory of Sir Benjamin Hammett, for his exertions, at that period, in the cause of humanity.
Notes & Queries, No. 47, Saturday, September 21, 1850|Various
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

British Dictionary definitions for Hammett

Hammett

/ (ˈhæmət) /

noun

Dashiell. 1894–1961, US writer of detective novels. His books include The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Thin Man (1932)

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