Usage of "pack rat" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.

Catalan

Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.

Synonyms

Examples for "packrat"

The show's gist was this: H. hadalis was a man-sized packrat. 
 The Descent 

Being a packrat, I still have the stuff I collected. 
 Wired 

She'd been a bit of a packrat. 
 iD 

The only light came from the window shade we'd just broken, its puny glow revealing the edge of a packrat's paradise. 
 Library of Souls 

Josh had put everything in the corner, organizing the tools, large and small cans with the single-minded concentration of a packrat. 
 Swan Song 

That's why this particularly vexing rodent is called a " trade rat." 
 I Married a Ranger 

There ain't anything equal to it but trading rats for di'monds in time of famine. 
 The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain 

Usage of pack rat in English

I would imagine him to be a bit of a pack rat. 
 The new yorker 

It was that kind of investigation that fit her pack rat mentality. 
 The perfect woman 

Mamie had always been messy, and also something of a pack rat. 
 Futures 1 

A bit of a pack rat, but I guess we shouldn't complain. 
 Kafka on the Shore 

The leader snarled something, and another pack rat scuttled forward with a lighter. 
 The iron king 

But eventually, the lead pack rat tugged gently on my sleeve. 
 The iron king 

A pack rat pulled something from his lump and waved it at the leader. 
 The iron king 

So, there's style differences, but he was a pack rat. 
 The new yorker 

There's no way a pack rat like Ghanet had that much money lying around. 
 The smoke room: a novel of suspense 

In fact, I am a pack rat when it comes to this kind of information. 
 The beauty diet: looking great has never been so delicious 

Actually, they meant nothing except that Mr. Neatness had one flawhe was a pack rat. 
 The President's Assassin 

His grandmother is a pack rat Gives detailed list of the many things he found. 
 The new yorker 

Transcript It's so neat to be a pack rat. 
 The new yorker 

Books, clothes, slide rule-I had never been a pack rat-and that minor junk was gone anyhow. 
 The Door Into Summer 

The lead pack rat jabbered and pointed. 
 The iron king 

The guy was an unbelievable pack rat. 
 The double bind 

Translations for pack rat

Portuguese

Catalan

Meanings of pack rat in English