Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took coals to newcastle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
took -coal-s -to new-cas-tle
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take coals to Newcastle

Questions

What does took coals to newcastle mean?
simple past of take coals to Newcastle

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