Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sell coal to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: sel-l- -coal -to new-cas-tle
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle.

Example Sentences

"Who'd try to sell a new video game system now, in 1985? This wasn't selling coal to Newcastle, it was selling smog to Los Angeles."

Etymology

First recorded in 1538.

Inflected Forms

sells coal to Newcastle (present, singular) selling coal to Newcastle (participle, present) sold coal to Newcastle (participle, past) sold coal to Newcastle (past)

Questions

What does sell coal to newcastle mean?: Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle.
Where does sell coal to newcastle come from?: First recorded in 1538.

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