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па́кля

oakum

щипа́ть па́клю

pick oakum

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There is no useless breaking of rock, no picking of oakum, and the treadmill has given place to the printing press and the shoemaker's last. www.tbo.com

Many tasks are akin to oakum picking (you can look it up for homework) or rock breaking in the 19th century penal system. www.heraldscotland.com

The oakum is stripped from her bottom seams and the men are forced to work at the pumps watch and watch to keep the ship afloat. en.wikipedia.org

Found in the cracks of the floorboards were needles, pins, thimbles, oakum, string and buttons. en.wikipedia.org

Oakum is defined as loosely twisted hemp or jute fiber impregnated with tar or a tar derivative. en.wikipedia.org

Female prisoners picked oakum, knitted stockings or sewed. en.wikipedia.org

Next he started an oakum manufactory, probably to help a brother, but it did not prosper. en.wikipedia.org

Only about 20% hemp fiber input goes into the standard pulp area and are here mostly in lower quality (untreated oakum high shive content added) wood pulps. en.wikipedia.org

The first was picking oakum for sale. en.wikipedia.org

Inmates were put to work oakum-picking and treading the treadmill, and it operated on a silent/separate system. en.wikipedia.org

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