Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selling coal to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
sell-ing -coal -to new-cas-tle
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sell coal to Newcastle

Questions

What does selling coal to newcastle mean?
present participle and gerund of sell coal to Newcastle

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