Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brought coals to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
brought -coal-s -to new-cas-tle
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does brought coals to newcastle mean?
simple past and past participle of bring coals to Newcastle

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