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Philip Marlowe
noun
tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
Syn: ↑Marlowe
Regions:
United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A.
Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character

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Philip Marlowe [Philip Marlowe]
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.