Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking coals to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing -coal-s -to new-cas-tle
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take coals to Newcastle

Questions

What does taking coals to newcastle mean?
present participle and gerund of take coals to Newcastle

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