sell coals to Newcastle

English

Verb

sell coals to Newcastle (third-person singular simple present sells coals to Newcastle, present participle selling coals to Newcastle, simple past and past participle sold coals to Newcastle)

  1. Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle.
    • 1906, Barry Pain, Robinson Crusoe's Return‎[1], Hodder and Stoughton, page 61:
      I can sell coals to Newcastle, and ships to the Swiss. But there are two things I would never dare to tackle […]
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