Usually means: Unable to articulate thoughts clearly.
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  1. close-tongued: Merriam-Webster
  2. close-tongued: Wordnik
  3. Close-tongued: Dictionary.com
  4. Close-tongued: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. close-tongued: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Close-tongued: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. close-tongued: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. close-tongued: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Close-tongued: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. close-tongued: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (close-tongued)

adjective:  Not inclined to speak; secretive.

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