plumber's helper

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   hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains

   Synonymsplunger

   Broaderhand tool

Questions about plumber's helper

What does plumber's helper mean?

plumber's helper means "hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains".

What is another word for plumber's helper?

Close synonyms include plunger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plumber's helper a common word?

plumber's helper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.