trap-and-drain auger

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   a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain

   Broaderplumber's snake

Questions about trap-and-drain auger

What does trap-and-drain auger mean?

trap-and-drain auger means "a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain".

Is trap-and-drain auger a common word?

trap-and-drain auger 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.