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Definitions

pack rat

NOUN
someone that hoards objects
Synonyms
WEAK
accumulator collector gatherer hoarder magpie saver

Example Sentences

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Fortunately for avid bibliophiles, Harper Lee was an inveterate pack rat.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

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

He is a pack rat, and kept the original packaging.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

But don’t call Bommarito a pack rat or a hoarder.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2018

He was a regular pack rat, though smaller.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck