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pack rat definition

☆ pack rat

  1. any of a genus (Neotoma) of North American rats that often carry off and hide small articles in their nests
  2. Informal a person who habitually saves unneeded, miscellaneous items

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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