Newcastle
['nu,kæsəl]
Definition
(noun.) a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary).
Edited by Davy--From WordNet
Examples
- Meantime a young man named George Stephenson, who was working at a coal mine at Killingworth, seven miles north of Newcastle, was studying out a new plan of locomotive. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In illustration of this idea he invented a crane, which was erected on Newcastle quay in 1846; another was constructed on the Albert dock at Liverpool, and others at other places. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They are gone down to Newcastle, a place quite northward, it seems, and there they are to stay I do not know how long. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He also had the advantage of seeing other primitive locomotives that were being tried at different places near Newcastle. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At Newcastle, the centre of the mining country, a dinner was given in his honor, and a service of plate, worth over twelve thousand dollars, was presented to him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Seeing all these preparations, my idea of a prince was very high; but when he did arrive I mistook the Duke of Newcastle for him, the duke being a fine-looking man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We shall be at Newcastle all the winter, and I dare say there will be some balls, and I will take care to get good partners for them all. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Having taken leave of my friends and exchanged promises with Miss Read, I quitted Philadelphia in the ship, which anchored at Newcastle. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His father had been a fireman in a colliery at Wylam, a village near Newcastle, and there the son George was born on June 9, 1781. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- George Stephenson had worked out a somewhat similar safety-lamp at about the same time, and his was used in the collieries around Newcastle. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- One ton of good Newcastle coal will yield 9,500 cubic feet of gas, which, when burnt in the best manner, gives a light equal to that of 422 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I almost envy you the pleasure, and yet I believe it would be too much for me, or else I could take it in my way to Newcastle. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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