Spillane

American

[spi-leyn] / spɪˈleɪn /

noun

Mickey Frank Morrison, 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.

Spillane British

/ spɪˈleɪn /

noun

Mickey , original name Frank Morrison Spillane . 1918–2006, US detective-story writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Mike Hammer, for example I, the Jury (1947) and The Twisted Thing (1966)

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The team's leading receiver Stefon Diggs, top tackler and defensive play-caller Robert Spillane, top sack leader Harold Landry and defensive giant Milton Williams all arrived in free agency last summer.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Still, for Patriots linebacker Robert Spillane, keeping things fun ahead of a career-defining game is key.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

Spillane said he could not recall anyone spending as much to buoy a statewide GOP candidate since then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

By 1948, he was in New York City, first working for the men’s magazine Argosy and then New American Library, the paperback house, editing writers like Mickey Spillane and Gore Vidal.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

Mrs. Spillane says that means, When are we getting our supper?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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