Black Caps

plural noun

1. the Black Caps
   the Black Caps the international cricket team of New Zealand

Word History and Origins

Origin of Black Caps¹

C20: so named because of the players' black caps

Example Sentences

Their plumage was brown, with black caps on their heads, their rumps being of a red orange tint.

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Sisters in white with black caps pass and repass; one stops in front of my chair.

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In its dim light I saw stern faces breaking everywhere through the gloom, with the black caps and dark cloaks of the night-riders.

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The other variety, known as "black caps," are no more trouble and equally prolific.

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The black caps were promoted either to offices of trust in their own country, or to places of distinction in the Chinese army.

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