The Clue
Plumber's device (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SNAKE
Tags
Notes
The answer SNAKE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Definition
SNAKE as a noun:
1. (snake, serpent, ophidian) = limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
2. (snake, snake in the grass) = a deceitful or treacherous person
3. (Snake, Snake River) = a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
4. (Hydra, Snake) = a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
5. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
SNAKE as a verb:
1. move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
2. form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
3. move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"