Gerald Everett Jones
That would be Nick and Nora Charles from The Thin Man. Of course this choice has a lot to do with their screen portrayals by William Powell and Myrna Loy. I remember that line when he's holding one of those distinctively shaped bottles of Pinch (Scotch): "How about a drop of something to cut the phlegm, Mommy?" But I suspect there's a lot of Hammett's relationship with Lillian Hellman in there. They must have teased each other mercilessly.
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