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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
close-tiled en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.
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(figuratively, not-comparable) In secret; in private.
"I say, young fellah, I hope you don't mind - what? You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC: