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38% | 13 | Character inspired by Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade | ||||||
noun • tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler | ||||||||
35% | 6 | Character in a Dashiell Hammett novel | ||||||
noun • someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations | ||||||||
33% | 7 | Creator of the detective character Sam Spade | ||||||
noun • United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) | ||||||||
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