Anzacn.

Brit.

/ˈanzak/, U.S.

/ˈænˌzæk/

Forms: 1900s– ANZAC, 1900s– Anzac.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

a. A name for: the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, part of the allied Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the First World War (1914-18), best known for its role in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 (see Gallipoli n.²). Now historical.The corps was disbanded in 1916 and replaced by I Anzac Corps and II Anzac Corps.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Australian and New Zealand

dink1906

Anzac1915

Cook's tourist1915

dinkum1916

kiwi1918

1915 C. E. W. Bean Diary 25 Apr. 67 Col. Knox to Anzac. ‘Ammunition required at once.’

1915 C. E. W. Bean Diary 6 May 33 Anzac has become the sort of code word for the Army Corps.

1916 W. R. Birdwood in Anzac Bk. p. ix When I took over the command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in Egypt a year ago, I was asked to select a telegraphic code address for my Army Corps, and then adopted the word ‘Anzac’.

1920 Aussie: Cheerful Mag. May 13/1 The Army ceased to be officially known by the name Anzac some time after its arrival in France, and became the ‘Australian Corps’.

1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 53 Such is the respect with which the term Anzac is held that an Order in Council was promulgated on 31 August 1916 forbidding the use of the word in connection with any trade or business.

2007 F. Glen in J. Crawford & I. McGibbon N.Z.'s Great War xi. 195 Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood, commander of the ANZAC at Gallipoli.

b. A nickname for: the place on the Gallipoli peninsula where Anzac forces landed, or (subsequently) the wider peninsula as a theatre of war; (by extension) the Gallipoli campaign, esp. with allusion to the bravery, tenacity, and sacrifice of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought in it. Cf. Anzac Cove n. at Compounds 2.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > campaign > specific

caravan1685

Anzac1915

1915 E. P. Williams Diary 3–5 May in New Zealander's Diary (1998) vi. 100 Anzac was now a position of great strength.

1915 I. Hamilton Second Disp. 26 Aug. in Austral. Nat. Dict. (1988) at Anzac n. Lieut.-Gen. Sir W.R. Birdwood has been the soul of Anzac... He has spent many hours..inspiring the defenders of the front trenches.

1918 L. J. Villiers Changing Year 38 This Anzac was the biggest flamin' show That ever I wuz in.

1925 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Jan. 22/1 They'll not forget the men who saved Their land..Though some lie dead at Anzac.

1927 T. S. Groser Lure of Golden West 209 ‘Anzac’ is a household word for valour and endurance.

1965 K. Smith OGF 164 The traditions of Anzac, forged in the harsh crucible of war, are forgotten while the brewers' profits mount.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Apr. 5/1 The spirit of Anzac shows no signs of fading in Queensland's ‘garrison city’, with 4000 Townsville residents turning out yesterday for a massive parade along The Strand.

a. A member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, esp. one who served in the Gallipoli campaign. Now historical.

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1915 Ashburton (N.Z.) Guardian 3 Sept. 5/3 The Anzacs fought like lions.

1916 Truth (Sydney) 9 Apr. 8/4 Lord Mayor Dick Meagher has decided to entertain returned Anzacs at luncheon at the Town Hall.

1967 A. Seymour One Day of Year 97 They put Australia on the map, they did, the Anzacs did. And bloody died, doin' it.

1981 Q. Wild Honey Wind 72 Jeez some of the pubs in the middle of Sydney look old. You expect to find Anzacs drinking in them.

2005 T. Kinloch Echoes of Gallipoli xiv. 252 In early September 1915 the weekly evacuation rate of sick Anzacs from Gallipoli was 25 times higher than that of a similar-sized force on the Western Front.

b. A member of any later combined Australian and New Zealand force, esp. one of those active in the First World War (1914–18) or Second World War (1939–45) (now historical). Later also more generally: (in plural) soldiers from Australia and New Zealand considered collectively. Cf. digger n. 2f(b).

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun]

spahi1562

legionnaire1595

strelitz1603

Croat1623

deli1667

Croatian1700

lancer1712

highlander1725

lambs1744

royals1762

light-bob1778

fly-slicer1785

Life Guardsman1785

royals?1795

Hottentot1796

yeoman1798

pandour1800

Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811

forty-two man1816

kilty1842

Zouave1848

bumblerc1850

Inniskilliner1853

blue cap1857

turco1860

Zou-Zou1860

mudlark1878

king's man1883

Johnny1888

Piffer1892

evzone1897

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dink1906

army ranger1910

grognard1912

Jock1914

chocolate soldier1915

Cook's tourist1915

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Anzaca1918

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ranger1942

Chindit1943

Desert Rat1944

Green Beret1949

a1918 ‘Gunner Fowler’ in N. Boyack Behind the Lines (1989) iv. 130 That is the worst of being a digger, you seem to take on with the girls. Of course who could resist us. Gallant Blue-eyed Anzacs.

1921 Q. Rev. 236 18 This..is..the surest guide to an understanding of things Australian—that the Anzac, the ‘Digger’ in his best and worst qualities alike, is a fair type of his fellow countrymen.

1941 ‘P. Hardy’ Torch of Remembrance 30 When the War is done, after Peace they've won, We will remember the ‘Anzacs!’

1953 J. F. Cody 21 Battalion 15 Official news of the Anzacs' arrival [in 1940] was not released until they were safely in camp in the south of England.

1993 P. G. MacDonald Giáp xvii. 227 Other American formations and later the ANZACs..were deployed in the Mekong delta.

2008 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 25 Apr. 22 Today's Anzacs serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Solomon Islands or East Timor.

3. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand = Anzac biscuit n. at Compounds 2. Also with lower-case initial.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits

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cracknelc1440

hard breada1500

crackling1598

Naples biscuit1650

gingerbread man1686

chocolate biscuit1702

biscotin1723

sponge biscuit1736

maple biscuita1753

butter biscuit1758

nut1775

Oliver biscuit1786

funeral biscuit1790

rock biscuit?1790

ratafia1801

finger biscuit1812

Savoy drop1816

lady's finger1818

snap1819

Abernethy1830

pretzel1831

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gingersnap1838

captain's biscuit1843

lebkuchen1847

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McClellan pie1863

Savoy ring1866

Brown George1867

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Osborne1876

Bath Oliver1878

marie1878

boer biscuit1882

charcoal biscuit1885

biscotti1886

fairing1888

snickerdoodle1889

pfeffernuss1891

zwieback1894

Nice1895

Garibaldi biscuit1896

Oswegoc1900

squashed fly1900

amaretto1905

boerebeskuit1905

Romary1905

petit beurre1906

Oswego biscuit1907

soetkoekie1910

Oreo1912

custard cream1916

Anzac1923

sweet biscuit1929

langue de chat1931

Bourbon biscuit1932

Afghan1934

flapjack1935

Florentine1936

chocolate chip cookie1938

choc chip cookie1940

Toll House cookie1940

tuile1943

pizzelle1949

black and white1967

Romany Cream1970

papri1978

1923 Mrs. H. W. Shaw Six Hundred Tested Recipes (ed. 9) 54 (heading) Anzacs.

1933 Advertiser (Adelaide) 18 Apr. 14/3 Anzacs. One cup flour, one cup sugar, one cup cocoanut.

1975 D. Macouf Johnno ii. 33 Pumpkin scones for morning tea..and in the afternoon date slices, anzacs and cream puffs.

2010 A. J. Betts Wavelength 114 Her Anzacs are so moist they collapse in your mouth, melting into a heap of syrup and oats.

Compounds

C1. attributive with sense ‘of, associated with, or characteristic of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or the campaign it fought at Gallipoli’, as Anzac soldier, Anzac spirit, Anzac tradition, Anzac zone, etc.

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1915 Times 12 Aug. 3/3 Severe fighting continued on Tuesday in the Gallipoli Peninsula, mainly in the Anzac zone.

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 137 When unpaid they [sc. the Tommies] would hang around the Anzac encampments with their tongues out.

1971 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Apr. 18/7 The Anzac campaign is regarded as having created the spirit and identity of Australia as a nation.

1981 B. Green Small Town Rising 143 An Anzac soldier on top of the town's tall clock forever saluted a marbled honour roll.

1990 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington, N.Z.) 22 Apr. 8 Wouldn't it be odd if we were all again touched and driven by the Anzac spirit?

2000 Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 18/3 I have always thought it paradoxical that our country's national identity incorporates so strongly the Anzac traditions, but ignores 160 years of warfare that raged within its borders.

C2.

Anzac biscuit n. chiefly Australian and New Zealand a kind of biscuit made from rolled oats, flour, butter and sugar, and now typically also containing desiccated coconut.

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1919 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 1 Mar. 39/3 Will someone kindly supply me with the recipe of Anzac Crispies, which is evidently a new kind of biscuit.]

1920 Argus (Melbourne) 15 Sept. 7/3 Anzac biscuits or crispies. ‘Josephine’ (E. Brunswick) has been kind enough to contribute the following recipe for Anzac biscuits:—Two cups John Bull oats or flaked oatmeal, 1 cup flour, 1 table-spoonful golden syrup, half-cup of sugar,..half-cup melted butter.

1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles iii. 53 Ginnie and I..would see the kids from the better off families saunter up to the rubbish tins and toss in sandwiches, Anzac biscuits [etc.].

2014 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 31 Jan. A homemade apple muffin, pikelets or Anzac biscuits will provide the right nutrition mix.

Anzac Cove n. now historical (a nickname for) the place on the Gallipoli peninsula where Anzac forces landed; cf. sense 1b.

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1915 Casterton (Victoria) News 1 July The gallant manner in which the foreshore of the little Gallipoli bay, now named ‘Anzac’ Cove, was taken by the Australians and New Zealanders.

1915 Daily Mail 7 July 7 (map) Beach Z (Anzac Cove).

1916 Anzac Bk. p. ix I was asked by General Headquarters to suggest a name for the beach where we had made good our precarious footing, and then asked that this might be recorded as ‘Anzac Cove’—a name which the bravery of our men has now made historical, while it will remain a geographical landmark for all time.

1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xiv. 104 ‘What was wrong with being an Anzac?’ demanded Peter Doe, whose father had died at Anzac Cove.

1995 A. Howe in J. Damousi & M. Lake Gender & War xvii. 302 The diggers at Anzac Cove had shown a determination to be true to their idea of Australian manhood.

Anzac Day n. the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915; a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorating this landing, but later serving as the principal day of remembrance for those who served and died in military operations.In South Australia in 1915, Labour Day was celebrated as Anzac Day in support of the Anzacs (see, e.g., quot. 1915).Anzac Day is also observed in Tonga, Niue, and the Cook Islands.

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1915 Advertiser (Adelaide) 27 Aug. 9/4 ‘Anzac Day’. The executive committee of the patriotic procession and carnival, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, to be held on October 13, instead of the usual Eight Hours' Celebration, met yesterday at the Chief Secretary's office.]

1916 Brisbane Courier 10 Jan. 8/1 A public meeting will be held in the Exhibition Hall this evening to discuss the steps to be taken for the celebration of Anzac Day on April 25.

1916 Dannevirke Evening News 21 Mar. 4 Anzac Day will be on 25th April, and many people, while believing that it should be suitably celebrated, think that the day is too sacred for the holding of a carnival.

1920 Anzac Day Act 11 Geo.V s1 In commemoration of the part taken by New Zealand troops in the Great War, and in memory of those who gave their lives for the Empire, the twenty-fifth day of April in each year..shall be known as Anzac Day.

1942 Welcome to Aust. 23 Anzac Day (April 25, the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing) is in peace-time one of the most closely-kept holidays of the year.

1977 N. Holmes Best of Homespun 64 Probably it's a confession that we're getting old when we say wistfully that Anzac days are not quite what they were.

2011 Independent 12 Apr. 30/1 When Australia remembers its war dead on Anzac Day later this month, the pubs will be full of old soldiers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anzac
释义	Anzacn. Brit. /ˈanzak/, U.S. /ˈænˌzæk/ Forms: 1900s– ANZAC, 1900s– Anzac. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. 1. a. A name for: the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, part of the allied Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the First World War (1914-18), best known for its role in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 (see Gallipoli n.²). Now historical.The corps was disbanded in 1916 and replaced by I Anzac Corps and II Anzac Corps. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Australian and New Zealand dink1906 Anzac1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 kiwi1918 1915 C. E. W. Bean Diary 25 Apr. 67 Col. Knox to Anzac. ‘Ammunition required at once.’ 1915 C. E. W. Bean Diary 6 May 33 Anzac has become the sort of code word for the Army Corps. 1916 W. R. Birdwood in Anzac Bk. p. ix When I took over the command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in Egypt a year ago, I was asked to select a telegraphic code address for my Army Corps, and then adopted the word ‘Anzac’. 1920 Aussie: Cheerful Mag. May 13/1 The Army ceased to be officially known by the name Anzac some time after its arrival in France, and became the ‘Australian Corps’. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 53 Such is the respect with which the term Anzac is held that an Order in Council was promulgated on 31 August 1916 forbidding the use of the word in connection with any trade or business. 2007 F. Glen in J. Crawford & I. McGibbon N.Z.'s Great War xi. 195 Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood, commander of the ANZAC at Gallipoli. b. A nickname for: the place on the Gallipoli peninsula where Anzac forces landed, or (subsequently) the wider peninsula as a theatre of war; (by extension) the Gallipoli campaign, esp. with allusion to the bravery, tenacity, and sacrifice of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought in it. Cf. Anzac Cove n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > campaign > specific caravan1685 Anzac1915 1915 E. P. Williams Diary 3–5 May in New Zealander's Diary (1998) vi. 100 Anzac was now a position of great strength. 1915 I. Hamilton Second Disp. 26 Aug. in Austral. Nat. Dict. (1988) at Anzac n. Lieut.-Gen. Sir W.R. Birdwood has been the soul of Anzac... He has spent many hours..inspiring the defenders of the front trenches. 1918 L. J. Villiers Changing Year 38 This Anzac was the biggest flamin' show That ever I wuz in. 1925 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Jan. 22/1 They'll not forget the men who saved Their land..Though some lie dead at Anzac. 1927 T. S. Groser Lure of Golden West 209 ‘Anzac’ is a household word for valour and endurance. 1965 K. Smith OGF 164 The traditions of Anzac, forged in the harsh crucible of war, are forgotten while the brewers' profits mount. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Apr. 5/1 The spirit of Anzac shows no signs of fading in Queensland's ‘garrison city’, with 4000 Townsville residents turning out yesterday for a massive parade along The Strand. 2. a. A member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, esp. one who served in the Gallipoli campaign. Now historical. ΚΠ 1915 Ashburton (N.Z.) Guardian 3 Sept. 5/3 The Anzacs fought like lions. 1916 Truth (Sydney) 9 Apr. 8/4 Lord Mayor Dick Meagher has decided to entertain returned Anzacs at luncheon at the Town Hall. 1967 A. Seymour One Day of Year 97 They put Australia on the map, they did, the Anzacs did. And bloody died, doin' it. 1981 Q. Wild Honey Wind 72 Jeez some of the pubs in the middle of Sydney look old. You expect to find Anzacs drinking in them. 2005 T. Kinloch Echoes of Gallipoli xiv. 252 In early September 1915 the weekly evacuation rate of sick Anzacs from Gallipoli was 25 times higher than that of a similar-sized force on the Western Front. b. A member of any later combined Australian and New Zealand force, esp. one of those active in the First World War (1914–18) or Second World War (1939–45) (now historical). Later also more generally: (in plural) soldiers from Australia and New Zealand considered collectively. Cf. digger n. 2f(b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 a1918 ‘Gunner Fowler’ in N. Boyack Behind the Lines (1989) iv. 130 That is the worst of being a digger, you seem to take on with the girls. Of course who could resist us. Gallant Blue-eyed Anzacs. 1921 Q. Rev. 236 18 This..is..the surest guide to an understanding of things Australian—that the Anzac, the ‘Digger’ in his best and worst qualities alike, is a fair type of his fellow countrymen. 1941 ‘P. Hardy’ Torch of Remembrance 30 When the War is done, after Peace they've won, We will remember the ‘Anzacs!’ 1953 J. F. Cody 21 Battalion 15 Official news of the Anzacs' arrival [in 1940] was not released until they were safely in camp in the south of England. 1993 P. G. MacDonald Giáp xvii. 227 Other American formations and later the ANZACs..were deployed in the Mekong delta. 2008 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 25 Apr. 22 Today's Anzacs serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Solomon Islands or East Timor. 3. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand = Anzac biscuit n. at Compounds 2. Also with lower-case initial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits dorcake14.. cracknelc1440 hard breada1500 crackling1598 Naples biscuit1650 gingerbread man1686 chocolate biscuit1702 biscotin1723 sponge biscuit1736 maple biscuita1753 butter biscuit1758 nut1775 Oliver biscuit1786 funeral biscuit1790 rock biscuit?1790 ratafia1801 finger biscuit1812 Savoy drop1816 lady's finger1818 snap1819 Abernethy1830 pretzel1831 wine-biscuit1834 gingersnap1838 captain's biscuit1843 lebkuchen1847 simnel1854 sugar cookie1854 peppernut1862 McClellan pie1863 Savoy ring1866 Brown George1867 beaten biscuit1876 digestive1876 Osborne1876 Bath Oliver1878 marie1878 boer biscuit1882 charcoal biscuit1885 biscotti1886 fairing1888 snickerdoodle1889 pfeffernuss1891 zwieback1894 Nice1895 Garibaldi biscuit1896 Oswegoc1900 squashed fly1900 amaretto1905 boerebeskuit1905 Romary1905 petit beurre1906 Oswego biscuit1907 soetkoekie1910 Oreo1912 custard cream1916 Anzac1923 sweet biscuit1929 langue de chat1931 Bourbon biscuit1932 Afghan1934 flapjack1935 Florentine1936 chocolate chip cookie1938 choc chip cookie1940 Toll House cookie1940 tuile1943 pizzelle1949 black and white1967 Romany Cream1970 papri1978 1923 Mrs. H. W. Shaw Six Hundred Tested Recipes (ed. 9) 54 (heading) Anzacs. 1933 Advertiser (Adelaide) 18 Apr. 14/3 Anzacs. One cup flour, one cup sugar, one cup cocoanut. 1975 D. Macouf Johnno ii. 33 Pumpkin scones for morning tea..and in the afternoon date slices, anzacs and cream puffs. 2010 A. J. Betts Wavelength 114 Her Anzacs are so moist they collapse in your mouth, melting into a heap of syrup and oats. Compounds C1. attributive with sense ‘of, associated with, or characteristic of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or the campaign it fought at Gallipoli’, as Anzac soldier, Anzac spirit, Anzac tradition, Anzac zone, etc. ΚΠ 1915 Times 12 Aug. 3/3 Severe fighting continued on Tuesday in the Gallipoli Peninsula, mainly in the Anzac zone. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 137 When unpaid they [sc. the Tommies] would hang around the Anzac encampments with their tongues out. 1971 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Apr. 18/7 The Anzac campaign is regarded as having created the spirit and identity of Australia as a nation. 1981 B. Green Small Town Rising 143 An Anzac soldier on top of the town's tall clock forever saluted a marbled honour roll. 1990 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington, N.Z.) 22 Apr. 8 Wouldn't it be odd if we were all again touched and driven by the Anzac spirit? 2000 Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 18/3 I have always thought it paradoxical that our country's national identity incorporates so strongly the Anzac traditions, but ignores 160 years of warfare that raged within its borders. C2. Anzac biscuit n. chiefly Australian and New Zealand a kind of biscuit made from rolled oats, flour, butter and sugar, and now typically also containing desiccated coconut. ΚΠ 1919 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 1 Mar. 39/3 Will someone kindly supply me with the recipe of Anzac Crispies, which is evidently a new kind of biscuit.] 1920 Argus (Melbourne) 15 Sept. 7/3 Anzac biscuits or crispies. ‘Josephine’ (E. Brunswick) has been kind enough to contribute the following recipe for Anzac biscuits:—Two cups John Bull oats or flaked oatmeal, 1 cup flour, 1 table-spoonful golden syrup, half-cup of sugar,..half-cup melted butter. 1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles iii. 53 Ginnie and I..would see the kids from the better off families saunter up to the rubbish tins and toss in sandwiches, Anzac biscuits [etc.]. 2014 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 31 Jan. A homemade apple muffin, pikelets or Anzac biscuits will provide the right nutrition mix. Anzac Cove n. now historical (a nickname for) the place on the Gallipoli peninsula where Anzac forces landed; cf. sense 1b. ΚΠ 1915 Casterton (Victoria) News 1 July The gallant manner in which the foreshore of the little Gallipoli bay, now named ‘Anzac’ Cove, was taken by the Australians and New Zealanders. 1915 Daily Mail 7 July 7 (map) Beach Z (Anzac Cove). 1916 Anzac Bk. p. ix I was asked by General Headquarters to suggest a name for the beach where we had made good our precarious footing, and then asked that this might be recorded as ‘Anzac Cove’—a name which the bravery of our men has now made historical, while it will remain a geographical landmark for all time. 1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xiv. 104 ‘What was wrong with being an Anzac?’ demanded Peter Doe, whose father had died at Anzac Cove. 1995 A. Howe in J. Damousi & M. Lake Gender & War xvii. 302 The diggers at Anzac Cove had shown a determination to be true to their idea of Australian manhood. Anzac Day n. the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915; a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorating this landing, but later serving as the principal day of remembrance for those who served and died in military operations.In South Australia in 1915, Labour Day was celebrated as Anzac Day in support of the Anzacs (see, e.g., quot. 1915).Anzac Day is also observed in Tonga, Niue, and the Cook Islands. ΚΠ 1915 Advertiser (Adelaide) 27 Aug. 9/4 ‘Anzac Day’. The executive committee of the patriotic procession and carnival, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, to be held on October 13, instead of the usual Eight Hours' Celebration, met yesterday at the Chief Secretary's office.] 1916 Brisbane Courier 10 Jan. 8/1 A public meeting will be held in the Exhibition Hall this evening to discuss the steps to be taken for the celebration of Anzac Day on April 25. 1916 Dannevirke Evening News 21 Mar. 4 Anzac Day will be on 25th April, and many people, while believing that it should be suitably celebrated, think that the day is too sacred for the holding of a carnival. 1920 Anzac Day Act 11 Geo.V s1 In commemoration of the part taken by New Zealand troops in the Great War, and in memory of those who gave their lives for the Empire, the twenty-fifth day of April in each year..shall be known as Anzac Day. 1942 Welcome to Aust. 23 Anzac Day (April 25, the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing) is in peace-time one of the most closely-kept holidays of the year. 1977 N. Holmes Best of Homespun 64 Probably it's a confession that we're getting old when we say wistfully that Anzac days are not quite what they were. 2011 Independent 12 Apr. 30/1 When Australia remembers its war dead on Anzac Day later this month, the pubs will be full of old soldiers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1915
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