Oakum

(noun.) 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.

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• They say he will eat any thing he can get between meals, but he prefers oakum. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock,' added the surly one in the white waistcoat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He does not like oakum for dinner, but he likes it for a lunch, at odd hours, or any thing that way. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And they say he eats oakum. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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