pack rat
Example Sentences
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He had known that his mother, Sandy Quimby, a half-hour away in Eagle River, was a pack rat.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2020
I know where everything is, but I’m a pack rat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2020
He is a pack rat, and kept the original packaging.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
“A pack rat is indiscriminate, and I don’t hoard things,” he said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2018
That side of meat had been a big one, but now there wasn’t enough meat left on the rind to interest a pack rat.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
