"drain-cleaner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drain-cleaners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} drain-cleaner (countable and uncountable, plural drain-cleaners)
  1. Alternative form of drain cleaner. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: drain cleaner
    Sense id: en-drain-cleaner-en-noun-VOC3JqI6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1984, Harold M. Silverman, The Consumer’s Guide to Poison Protection, New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN, page 159:",
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