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picking oakum

picking oakum is the present participle and gerund of pick oakum.

Meaning of pick oakum

Verb

pick oakum (third-person singular simple present picks oakum, present participle picking oakum, simple past and past participle picked oakum)

  1. To make oakum by untwisting old ropes.

Questions about picking oakum

What is picking oakum the present participle and gerund of?
Picking oakum is the present participle and gerund of pick oakum.

Words near picking oakum in the dictionary

  1. picking flowers
  2. picking from a hat
  3. picking gooseberry
  4. picking holes
  5. picking it up
  6. picking oakum
  7. picking off
  8. picking on
  9. picking one's battles
  10. picking one's nose
  11. picking one's way

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