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Serious-sounding chap (6)

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ernest

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(Other definitions for ernest that I've seen before include "character for Wilde" , "- Hemingway, - Shackleton" , "Name beloved of Gwen Fairfax (Wilde)" , "- Hemingway, US author" , "fellow" .)

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