Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bringing coals to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
bring-ing -coal-s -to new-cas-tle
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bring coals to Newcastle

Questions

What does bringing coals to newcastle mean?
present participle and gerund of bring coals to Newcastle

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