pack rat
Example Sentences
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Fortunately for avid bibliophiles, Harper Lee was an inveterate pack rat.
From Los Angeles Times
He was a regular pack rat, though smaller.
From Literature
“Very personal things. My roller skates from the 50s when I played street hockey in Brooklyn. I’m a pack rat and a collector. My restaurant was like my gallery, my museum.”
From Los Angeles Times
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
“You can say this bird was a little bit of a pack rat,” Castro said as he sifted through acorns.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
