pack rat

Definition of pack ratnext

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Recent Examples of pack rat One of my favorite episodes features the pack rats Patty and Debra. Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023 Fortunately for history, Stuart was something of a pack rat. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2023 Hoff has a unique combination of long experience with electronic design and long-standing pack rat habits. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022 Agents were told that Trump was a pack rat who had been personally overseeing his collection of White House records since even before leaving Washington and had been reluctant to return anything. Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for pack rat
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Noun
  • Last week, a fight over a space saver involving multiple individuals left a man in critical condition in Philadelphia.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • For those neighbors who are not consistently shoveling or are still using space savers, beware.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Crews started an aggressive attack and searched the home, with the effort complicated by hoarder-like conditions.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And her grandmother was a straight-up hoarder, living in this hoard house.
    Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026

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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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