Noah’s ark clause
n.— «She was just in time for the rules to be changed, and women to be allowed to serve on Navy ships. Gilbride was one of two women serving alongside 1,200 men aboard the USS Frank Cable, a submarine fleet support vessel. “They affectionately called this ’the Noah’s Ark clause,’” she laughed.» —“Rear Admiral speaks at Hesperia High” by Beau Yarbrough Hesperia Star (Victorville, California) Apr. 24, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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