Chandlerish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling the work of author Raymond Chandler in style or theme
"[…] Polanski has been completing with the writer Robert Towne the script for his new movie, a Chandlerish detective story of the thirties, "Chinatown" […]"
Example
More examples"[…] Polanski has been completing with the writer Robert Towne the script for his new movie, a Chandlerish detective story of the thirties, "Chinatown" […]"
Etymology
From Chandler + -ish, after writer Raymond Chandler.
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