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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Newcastle

/no͞ok'-ăsˌ-əl/ · New·cast·le · IPA /ˈn(j)uˌkæsl̩/
01 prop. n. A town in England.
  1. 1.
    A town in England.
Phrases & compounds
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.