plumber's snake

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plumber's snake

noun plumber's snakes

  1. A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.

    Similar: auger, pipe snake, plumbing snake, toilet jack

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noun flexible tool used to unclog a pipe

Españolsonda desatascadora / destapacaños / desatoradora
中文管道疏通器 guǎndàoshūtōngqì, 疏通彈簧 /疏通弹簧 shūtōngtánhuáng
Kiswahilinyoka
Françaisfuret, vrille à déboucher
DeutschRohrreinigungsspirale

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@misc{plumber_s_snake_2026,
  title = {plumber's snake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plumber's%20snake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}