OAKUM in a Sentence

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Some thinking they would catch the plague, dipped oakum in coal-tar, and at intervals held it to their nostrils.

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oakum
 n.  loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
Classic Sentence:
1  Some thinking they would catch the plague, dipped oakum in coal-tar, and at intervals held it to their nostrils.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
2  'So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock,' added the surly one in the white waistcoat.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
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