Newcastle

[noo-kas-uh l, -kah-suh l, nyoo-]

noun

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.

Idioms

carry coals to Newcastle,
1. to take something to a place where its kind exists in great quantity.
2. to do something wholly unnecessary.

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Examples from the Web for newcastle

Contemporary Examples of newcastle

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Bars as far as Vancouver and Newcastle, in the U.K., also have sworn to stop serving Stoli.
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July 30, 2013
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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December 11, 2012
Sister Eugenie, 22, will lose her official guards when she finishes her degree at Newcastle University this year.
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April 3, 2012

Historical Examples of newcastle

Our author describes the figure, as being that of the Countess of Newcastle.
The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual
Anonymous
Then I returned to Newcastle and bore away the goods in triumph.
Ireland as It Is
Robert 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 Green
Jerome K. Jerome
Our steamer was to sail from the Tyne, and we went up to Newcastle to catch it.
A Labrador Doctor
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

British Dictionary definitions for newcastle

Newcastle

¹

noun

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)

Newcastle

²

noun

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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