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Close-tongued   Listen
adjective
Close-tongued  adj.  Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Close-tongued" Quotes from Famous Books



... over the country in a week. And that'd lose me my job, if the boss heard of it. I was going to play it alone. That's why I left Rice and Willett to put up the dogs for me. But,—I'm blest if I know how I'm to hold him and dye him at the same time. He's as strong as an ox. You—you're a good, close-tongued kid, Harry. You kept your mouth shut about Price's chickens. Could you keep it shut,—for another dollar,—about this? If you'll do that, and lend me a hand—How ...
— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune



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