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Hammettesque

Hammettesque adjective: reminiscent of the works of Dashiel Hammett.

Adjective

Hammettesque (comparative more Hammettesque, superlative most Hammettesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Dashiel Hammett.
    • Wings' handling of the standard-issue Hammettesque equipment (Emma gets slipped a Mickey; she gets bonked on the back of the head; she even gets to tell the murderer at the end of the story, "I'm sending you over, sweetheart," just like Sam to Bridget in The Maltese Falcon) is light, fast, and...1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8

Forms of Hammettesque

comparativemore Hammettesque
superlativemost Hammettesque

Questions about Hammettesque

What does Hammettesque mean?
Hammettesque means reminiscent of the works of Dashiel Hammett.
What part of speech is Hammettesque?
Hammettesque is an adjective.

Words near Hammettesque in the dictionary

  1. hammerwort
  2. Hammes
  3. Hammett
  4. Hammett acidity function
  5. Hammett acidity functions
  6. Hammettesque
  7. Hammettian
  8. hammie
  9. hammier
  10. hammies
  11. hammiest

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