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short accounts make long friends

short accounts make long friends is the alternative form of short reckonings make long friends.

Meaning of short reckonings make long friends

Proverb

short reckonings make long friends

  1. Borrowed money should be paid back as soon as possible.

Questions about short accounts make long friends

What is short accounts make long friends the alternative form of?
Short accounts make long friends is the alternative form of short reckonings make long friends.

Words near short accounts make long friends in the dictionary

  1. short
  2. short 20th centuries
  3. short 20th century
  4. short a
  5. short a's
  6. short accounts make long friends
  7. short and
  8. short and curlies
  9. short and sweet
  10. short ands
  11. short appoggiatura

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