| 1. | These included breaking stones, operating a water pump, and oakum picking.
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| 2. | Female prisoners picked oakum, knitted stockings or sewed.
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| 3. | This labour included the picking of oakum, rock breaking and wood chopping.
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| 4. | Jeremy Easson of New Oakum, England, finished sixth in a Mitsubishi Evolution.
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| 5. | Boats carried oakum and chisels to patch leaks.
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| 6. | Picking oakum was a common occupation in Victorian times in British prisons and workhouses.
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| 7. | Hard labour included rock breaking and oakum picking.
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| 8. | The cause of her sinking was likely the loosening of oakum in her seams.
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| 9. | In prison, Wilde picked oakum and dedicated himself to the task of learning humility.
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| 10. | The gaps in these joints were sealed with oakum to prevents the water leaking out.
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