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  • noun Plural form of pack-rat.

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Examples

  • And because biomedical researchers are pack-rats who never throw away anything that might one day be useful, they also had in the freezer some samples from children who had developed MRSA infections in the hospital sometime in the 1990s.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • And because biomedical researchers are pack-rats who never throw away anything that might one day be useful, they also had in the freezer some samples from children who had developed MRSA infections in the hospital sometime in the 1990s.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • And because biomedical researchers are pack-rats who never throw away anything that might one day be useful, they also had in the freezer some samples from children who had developed MRSA infections in the hospital sometime in the 1990s.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • On the other hand, coming from generations of pack-rats has its benefits.

    Minor ice, minor redpolls jhetley 2009

  • I was raised in a home of pack-rats with a mom who is a messie, too.

    Organizing For Success 2005

  • Many in the profession seems to act more like pack-rats than scientists.

    Woodhouse's Temperature Proxies!!! « Climate Audit 2007

  • I'm doomed to be one of those reclusive pack-rats that lives in a tiny apartment littered with stacks of books and papers in every nook and cranny.

    amishboy Diary Entry amishboy 2002

  • The roof had given way and a family of pack-rats nested by the stone hearth.

    Last Sword Of Power Gemmell, David 1988

  • Ben had known the breed since boyhood, and he hated them as he hated coyotes and pack-rats.

    The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

  • There were two or three sacks, perhaps filled with provisions, hanging from the ceiling, safely out of the reach of the omnivorous pack-rats that often wreak such havoc in unoccupied cabins.

    The Snowshoe Trail Edison Marshall 1930

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