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white oakum

white oakum noun: oakum made from untarred rope.

Noun

white oakum (uncountable)

  1. oakum made from untarred rope

Questions about white oakum

What does white oakum mean?
White oakum means oakum made from untarred rope.
What part of speech is white oakum?
White oakum is a noun.

Words near white oakum in the dictionary

  1. white nutmeg pigeons
  2. white oak
  3. white oak tree
  4. white oak trees
  5. white oaks
  6. white oakum
  7. white on rice
  8. white out
  9. white owl
  10. white owls
  11. white pages

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