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pack rat

NOUN
someone that hoards objects
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People close to Trump say he has long been a pack rat.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

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

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

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


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