pack rat

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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

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

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

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

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

“A pack rat is indiscriminate, and I don’t hoard things,” he said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2018

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

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline