pack rat
Example Sentences
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Fortunately for avid bibliophiles, Harper Lee was an inveterate pack rat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
A known pack rat, Trump travels often, throws papers and news clips in cardboard boxes and sometimes instructs that boxes be brought along when he travels.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2023
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
It’s just some ancient pack rat who needs help getting rid of her shit.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
