oakum in a sentence

1. These included breaking stones, operating a water pump, and oakum picking.
2. Female prisoners picked oakum, knitted stockings or sewed.
3. This labour included the picking of oakum, rock breaking and wood chopping.
4. Jeremy Easson of New Oakum, England, finished sixth in a Mitsubishi Evolution.
5. Boats carried oakum and chisels to patch leaks.
6. It's difficult to find oakum in a sentence.
7. Picking oakum was a common occupation in Victorian times in British prisons and workhouses.
8. Hard labour included rock breaking and oakum picking.
9. The cause of her sinking was likely the loosening of oakum in her seams.
10. In prison, Wilde picked oakum and dedicated himself to the task of learning humility.
11. The gaps in these joints were sealed with oakum to prevents the water leaking out.
12. Originally rope or oakum packing was used.
13. In modern times, the fibrous material used in oakum comes from virgin hemp or jute.
14. Caulking was made from the pitch of pine trees, and palmetto leaves were used as oakum.
15. Next he started an oakum manufactory, probably to help a brother, but it did not prosper.
16. If it is fairly large, use oakum, an oily rope-type material you can stuff in.
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