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All Black, n. (and a.)
(usu. ˈɔːl blæk, but stress somewhat variable)
[f. all adv. + black a., from the colour of the players' strip.]
1. a. In pl., usu. with the. The familiar nickname of the New Zealand international Rugby Union football team.
The name was first applied to the team by British journalists at the beginning of the 1905 tour of Britain.
1905Daily Mail 12 Oct. 7/7 The ‘All Blacks’, as the Colonials are dubbed. Ibid. 14 Oct. 5/7 The record of the ‘All Blacks’ now stands at 310 points against..seven. 1935Times 12 Oct. 6/4 Injuries are still adding to the All Blacks' difficulties. 1946F. L. W. Wood This New Zealand xv. 240 The year the All Blacks went home. 1976Economist 3 Jan. 68/2 The final test in New Zealand, which the All Blacks had to win to square the series. 1986Guardian Weekly 25 May 23/4 In South Africa the New Zealand Cavaliers—openly called All Blacks on match tickets—won the second ‘test’ at Durban 19–18 to level the series.
b. sing. A member of the team.
1905Daily Mail 12 Oct. 7/7 Did Hartlepool expect an ‘All Black’ to pass, he did nothing of the kind. 1984C. Meads in Chester & McMillan Centenary 13/2, I waited for that unique moment when I ran out on to the field and began believing I was..an All Black.
2. The sing. form used attrib. or as adj.
1905Daily Mail 1 Nov. 8/3 (heading) ‘All Black’ pet names. How the New Zealanders are known to each other. 1935Times 7 Oct. 5/1 Their forwards nearly rushed the All Black defence off its legs. 1959A. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 73 There are few All Black teams..without a leavening of Maori players. 1986Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 24 Aug. 53/4 New Zealand squared the rugby union series against Australia with a 13-12 win..in traditionally fierce All Black style. |