Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.
Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.
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Examples for "magpie "
Examples for "magpie "
1 TRAVEL:Paul Theroux has a magpie - like mind that jumps from subject to subject.
2 One was a dainty little magpie ; the other a soft-eyed turtle dove.
3 It was a magpie , which actually had no business being in town.
4 For the magpie is the cleverest bird of all at building nests.
5 Unlike the rook, crow and magpie mentioned the woodpigeon is good eating.
1 The aftermath of the war has created a new, illegal profession: scavenger .
2 Escrissar scrabbled across the ground, a scavenger surprised by a true predator.
3 She is the grand scavenger and practical sanitary commissioner of the earth.
4 It was a fun scavenger hunt, populated with products rather than people.
5 Concepts of the scavenger by Kate Hawley closely followed del Toro's direction.
1 I would imagine him to be a bit of a pack rat .
2 It was that kind of investigation that fit her pack rat mentality.
3 Mamie had always been messy, and also something of a pack rat .
4 A bit of a pack rat , but I guess we shouldn't complain.
5 The leader snarled something, and another pack rat scuttled forward with a lighter.
6 But eventually, the lead pack rat tugged gently on my sleeve.
7 A pack rat pulled something from his lump and waved it at the leader.
8 So, there's style differences, but he was a pack rat .
9 There's no way a pack rat like Ghanet had that much money lying around.
10 In fact, I am a pack rat when it comes to this kind of information.
11 Actually, they meant nothing except that Mr. Neatness had one flawhe was a pack rat .
12 His grandmother is a pack rat Gives detailed list of the many things he found.
13 Transcript It's so neat to be a pack rat .
14 Books, clothes, slide rule-I had never been a pack rat - and that minor junk was gone anyhow.
15 The lead pack rat jabbered and pointed.
16 The guy was an unbelievable pack rat .
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