a variation of hauling coals to Newcastle, doing what is superfluous; taking
goods to a
place where they already abound; throwing away one's
labor. Newcastle is a city in
England in the center of a great coal-
producing region. Since Newcastle is in the coal country it would be quite needless to carry coals there.
—3rd South African unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92), —3rd South African published appr gls (14.4.92)