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  1. Roto-Rooter

    Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup Service provides plumbing repair, sewer & drain services and water damage cleanup services to residential and commercial customers. Roto-Rooter is a United States company founded in 1935 which originally specialized in clearing tree roots and other obstructions from sewer lines. As of 2019 it employs thousands of plumbers, and service technicians throughout the U.S. and Canada who provide plumbing, water cleanup and sewer and drain cleaning services. Roto-Rooter also employs manufacturing technicians and assembly workers at its manufacturing plant in West Des Moines, Iowa. The plant manufactures the company's patented, proprietary Roto-Rooter sewer and drain cleaning machines as well as sewer and drain cleaning cables and blades. Roto-Rooter is a subsidiary of publicly traded Chemed Corporation, which also owns hospice company VITAS Healthcare.

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  1. roto-rooter

    A thorough cleaning and/or drainage job inside something or the interior of a person.

    His sermon was a roto-rooter for my soul.


    Submitted by emadorvilus on July 18, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of roto-rooter in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of roto-rooter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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