Proper noun
A habitational surname from Old Norse.
A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3250).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgImmediately after Cairo and Gutman leave, Spade phones Sgt. Polhaus, telling him that Wilmer killed both Thursby and Captain Jacobi and that Gutman, the man who gave the orders, is in a hurry to leave San Francisco. Source: Internet
Plot Private detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer are hired by an attractive young woman, "Miss Wonderly", to follow a man, Floyd Thursby, who has allegedly run off with her younger sister, Corinne. Source: Internet
She has no sister, and Thursby was an acquaintance who had betrayed her. Source: Internet
She left the Webley at the scene to pin the crime on Thursby. Source: Internet
She says she hired the detectives to scare Thursby. Source: Internet
She was hanged immediately after trial with John Thursby, a fellow defendant. Source: Internet