closed union

American

noun

a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.

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closed union

Together, the pair form a portrait of codependency in the extreme; their daughters are hardly more than disappointed, disappointing interlopers in this closed union.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019

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