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Noah

UK/ˈnəʊə/ US/ˈnoʊə/ common slang

noun

1.

the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis

Origin

Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang Noah's ark (“shark”).

Phrases

  • Noah syndrome
  • Noah's Ark

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