A cleaning device in the nature of a toilet brush has an external shaft with a gripping handle at one end and an array of bristles, forming a brush, at the opposite end. In internal shaft movable longitudinally within a space inside the external shaft has a chopping blade at one end, which can be made to protrude beyond the brush. The position of the internal shaft is controlled by manually gripping and moving an element that protrudes from the internal shaft though a longitudinal slot in the external shaft. The internal shaft can be locked in its retracted position or in its protruding position by a locking mechanism releasable by pushing inward on the protruding element.