Spillane

[spi-leyn]

noun

Mickey (Frank Morrison), 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.

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Spillane (spɪˈleɪn)

—n
	Mickey, original name Frank Morrison Spillane. 1918--2006, US detective-story writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Mike Hammer, for example I, the Jury (1947) and The Twisted Thing (1966)

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