man of few words

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)A man who doesn'tspeakmuch; a habituallyterseortaciturnman.Coordinate term:woman of few words1913June–December,Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, inThe Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.:A[lbert]L[evi]Burt Company,[…], published March 1915,→OCLC,page106:Tarzan but nodded his head. He was aman of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.

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