Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A treasurer; a steward.
- noun One who hoards or accumulates; one who lays up a store of something; one who gathers and keeps a stock or fund.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who hoards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who hoards; one who
accumulates ,collects , andstores .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
Etymologies
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Examples
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A spike in gold is one thing, a sustained price level reflecting a decline in the dollar may seem like low hanging fiscal fruit for the tax man. $3,000 gold for a sustained period could bring the label hoarder thrown at the gold owner.
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The hoarder is a person who needs help with decision making, possibly depression and a whole host of other issues – a cleaning service will not cure the hoarder.
Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009
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Who foresaw in 2011 that Novak Djokovic was going to become a Grand Slam title hoarder with the endurance and big-match confidence of a certain Spanish left-hander from Majorca?
NYT > Global Home By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY 2012
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Who foresaw in 2011 that Novak Djokovic was going to become a Grand Slam title hoarder with the endurance and big-match confidence of a certain Spanish left-hander from Majorca?
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY 2012
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The report also notes that Stephen Vassilev, the resident in the unit where the fire started and whom neighbours and investigators have identified as a hoarder, complained to TCHC on April 16, 2009 about the neighbour in the unit above "throwing broken bottle and cigarette butts on his balcony."
Thestar.com - Home Page Donovan Vincent 2011
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She was known as a hoarder and recluse in south St. Louis - people called her a bag lady.
Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles JESSE BOGAN/St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010
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A woman known as a hoarder is kicked out of her Washington, D.C., apartment.
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She was known as a hoarder and recluse in south St. Louis - people called her a bag lady.
Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles JESSE BOGAN/St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010
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They're called hoarder whores and they should never be listened to.
Brandon Mendelson: Hoarding Magic Cards Makes You an Asshole 2010
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Maybe it helps understanding one kind of hoarder, but its presentation obscures understanding of – and arguably imposes shame upon – another.
Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009
bilby commented on the word hoarder
"With rice stocks low, the government has been negotiating with neighbouring countries to secure imports, signing a deal with Vietnam last week and working for another one with Thailand.
Fears of public unrest are growing.
President Gloria Arroyo has asked authorities to crack down on hoarders. Officials have said they could be charged with economic sabotage - a crime that carries a life sentence."
- 'Asian states feel rice pinch', BBC website, 3 April 2008.
April 5, 2008