noun
tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
• Syn: ↑Marlowe
• Regions:
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character
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a character created by the writer Raymond Chandler. He is a tough but honest ↑private detective and appears in seven Chandler novels, including The Big Sleep (1939).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.