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Oakum

noun

/ˈəʊkəm/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.

2.nounThe coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling.

Synonyms

hards tow picking pickers hackle flaxcomb heckling strick hickory rougher swingling tow rock

Rhymes With

hokum ago come although kim awoke him below come blow come broke him buffalo come

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