the.com/plunger
the unsung hero standing between you and a very bad evening.
means A plumbing tool with a rubber cup on a handle, used to clear clogs in drains and toilets by creating suction and pressure.
from From the verb "plunge," which came through Old French "plongier" from a Late Latin root "plumbicare," meaning to heave the lead — a sounding weight (Latin "plumbum," lead) dropped to measure water depth. So the word is, fittingly, soaked in the language of diving down into water. The "-er" ending simply names the thing that does the plunging — the household tool sense being a comparatively modern application.
- physics
- works by suction and compression, not magic
- cup vs flange
- toilets need the flanged kind, sinks don't
- age
- patented form dates back to 1870s
- pro tip
- a little water improves the seal
- dual purpose
- some chefs use new ones to vent dough
for instance
titanic sinking april 1912 — ship plunged 12,500 feet into the north atlantic in 2 hours 40 minutes