Proper noun
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgHardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world. Charles Frazier
I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing but Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Chester Himes. I developed such a love for this kind of writing. Megan Abbott
Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it. James Ellroy
With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve. Rian Johnson
Cooper appeared in the Dashiell Hammett crime film City Streets playing a westerner who gets involved with big-city gangsters in order to save the woman he loves. Source: Internet
AFTER serving the Vanuatu Hockey Federation (VHF) as a Development Officer, Dashiell Hewett has finally ended his assignment and is looking forward to a new job in Australia. Source: Internet