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pack rat
1noun
Also called wood rat.Also called trade rat,.a large, bushy-tailed rodent, Neotoma cinerea, of North America, noted for carrying off small articles to store in its nest.
Informal.a person who saves things that are not needed or used but that may have personal or other value.
Informal.an old prospector or guide.
pack-rat
2[pak-rat]
verb (used with object)
to save in the manner of a pack rat.
I’m looking through the stuff my grandpa pack-ratted away in the attic.
pack rat
noun
Also called: wood rat.any rat of the genus Neotoma, of W North America, having a long tail that is furry in some species: family Cricetidae
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pack rat1
Origin of pack rat2
Example Sentences
He was a regular pack rat, though smaller.
“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.”
People close to Trump say he has long been a pack rat.
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.
“You can say this bird was a little bit of a pack rat,” Castro said as he sifted through acorns.
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