Newcastle
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newcastle
[ noun ]
a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
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Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
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{Carry coals to Newcastle} to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
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