'Carry coals to Newcastle' definitions:

Definition of 'Carry coals to Newcastle'

From: GCIDE
  • Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n. A town in England. [PJC]
  • 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. [PJC]

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