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plumber's snake

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of plumber's snake1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Remove the drain screen and give it a good cleaning and, if necessary, use a plunger or plumber’s snake to clear the drain.

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So I tried them all again, in order: boiling water, a run-through with a plumber’s snake, a dose of some kind of proprietary enzyme; plain old sulphuric acid.

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Cape May has three full-time pump stations to handle storm overflow; a Ramjet that is akin to a plumber’s snake but on a much larger level; and a street sweeper that completes one lap of the quaint and lush town’s nine miles of roadways each week.

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Clogged arteries are either reopened with the equivalent of a plumber's snake or bypassed by vessels borrowed from other parts of the body.

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