Newcastle
[noo-kas-uh l, -kah-suh l, nyoo-]
- 1st Duke of. Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- Also called New·cas·tle-up·on-Tyne [noo-kas-uh l-uh-pon-tahyn, -uh-pawn-, -kah-suh l-, nyoo-] /ˈnuˌkæs əl əˌpɒnˈtaɪn, -əˌpɔn-, -ˌkɑ səl-, ˈnyu-/. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding; major coal center.
- a seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia.
- a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
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- carry coals to Newcastle,
- to take something to a place where its kind exists in great quantity.
- to do something wholly unnecessary.
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Contemporary Examples
In this Newcastle Brown Ale ad, gangly British comedian Stephen Merchant posits, ‘What if the Brits won the Revolutionary War?’
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June 29, 2014
Bars as far as Vancouver and Newcastle, in the U.K., also have sworn to stop serving Stoli.
I've done a stage show up in Newcastle and the odd day of filming, dramatized documentaries.
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June 14, 2013
Hailed by some critics in Britain, where Graham is a professor at Newcastle University, it deserves more attention stateside.
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Sister Eugenie, 22, will lose her official guards when she finishes her degree at Newcastle University this year.
Historical Examples
Our author describes the figure, as being that of the Countess of Newcastle.
The Young Lady's Equestrian ManualAnonymous
Then I returned to Newcastle and bore away the goods in triumph.
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Why, it's wonderful, but it looks as though I'd been carrying coals to Newcastle.
'Smiles'Eliot H. Robinson
Charles had walked the streets of Newcastle all night, and that had not done him any good.
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and GreenJerome K. Jerome
Our steamer was to sail from the Tyne, and we went up to Newcastle to catch it.
A Labrador DoctorWilfred Thomason Grenfell
Newcastle1
- a port in SE Australia, in E New South Wales near the mouth of the Hunter River: important industrial centre, with extensive steel, metalworking, engineering, shipbuilding, and chemical industries. It suffered Australia's first recorded fatal earthquake, in 1989. Pop: 279 975 (2001)
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Newcastle2
- Duke of, the title of Thomas Pelham Holles. 1693–1768, English Whig prime minister (1754–56; 1757–62): brother of Henry Pelham
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Idioms and Phrases with newcastle
Newcastle
see carry coals to Newcastle.
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