close-lipped

It would have to be someone quick and close-lipped, for once rumors of those foul-smelling, inedible loaves spread, no respectable baker would dare come to Ashton Place for fear of the dreaded “bakehouse curse.”

“Quick and close-lipped . . . I’d say Old Timothy’s the man for the job,” she decided.

The White House was also being close-lipped about any negotiations.

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is the lone Democrat who has publicly sided with Republicans, though other potential Democratic defectors remain undecided or close-lipped.

Since her arrest on 6 July 2021, she has remained close-lipped about the whole time period.