pack rat

Example Sentences

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Poorly, with the eye and tatty grace of a pack rat.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

He had known that his mother, Sandy Quimby, a half-hour away in Eagle River, was a pack rat.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2020

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

It’s just some ancient pack rat who needs help getting rid of her shit.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline