"short accounts make long friends" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{en-proverb}} short accounts make long friends
  1. Alternative form of short reckonings make long friends. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: short reckonings make long friends
    Sense id: en-short_accounts_make_long_friends-en-proverb-E2hE8pV9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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