All Whites

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the All Whites the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand

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Word Origin for All Whites

so named because of the players' white strip and also an allusion to All Blacks

Words nearby All Whites

all very well, all-weather, all well and good, all wet, all-wheel drive, All Whites, all wool and a yard wide, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, ally, all-year, all year round

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
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This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.
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I cried, and shrank involuntarily, for his eyeballs rolled till only the whites showed in a way that made me shudder.
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Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.
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The Arab pricked his ears, swished his long and arched tail viciously, and showed the whites of his eyes.
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Nicknames among this class of poor whites in the South seem singularly like those in vogue in New England.
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