Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carried coals to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
car-ried -coal-s -to new-cas-tle
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does carried coals to newcastle mean?
simple past and past participle of carry coals to Newcastle

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