Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sell coals to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
sel-l- -coal-s -to new-cas-tle
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
8
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does sell coals to newcastle mean?
Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle.

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