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picks oakum

picks oakum is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 picks oakum

What is picks oakum the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks oakum is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick oakum.

Words near picks oakum in the dictionary

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

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