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  • I dare say our ingenu here would like to wipe a sum or two off the slate.

    The Virginians 2006

  • All of this helped give the bored-looking Euro-dork behind the counter the impression that Simon was a wide-eyed and bumbling ingenu, something he then compounded by tumbling the Styrofoam cup from the counter and spilling the cappuccino across the floor.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • Parlabane was, he would admit, a comparative ingenu in the world of serious drug usage, but he felt confident enough in his limited knowledge to be able to identify this treasured object as a teabag.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Parlabane was, he would admit, a comparative ingenu in the world of serious drug usage, but he felt confident enough in his limited knowledge to be able to identify this treasured object as a teabag.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Parlabane was, he would admit, a comparative ingenu in the world of serious drug usage, but he felt confident enough in his limited knowledge to be able to identify this treasured object as a teabag.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • The pins and needles hurting; Tim gone, replaced by a blond ingenu.

    The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

  • Now, my dear Watson, is it beyond the limits of human ingenu - ity to furnish an explanation which would cover both these big facts?

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

  • Now, my dear Watson, is it beyond the limits of human ingenu - ity to furnish an explanation which would cover both these big facts?

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

  • Now, my dear Watson, is it beyond the limits of human ingenu - ity to furnish an explanation which would cover both these big facts?

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

  • Now, my dear Watson, is it beyond the limits of human ingenu - ity to furnish an explanation which would cover both these big facts?

    His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917

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