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- noun Plural form of
packrat .
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Examples
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No one was there—except for the packrats, that is, scurrying around on their errands.
KOKOPELLI’S FLUTE WILL HOBBS 1995
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Woodrats also are known as packrats because they build yard-wide, 2-foot-tall "middens" using twigs, branches, pottery shards and other debris.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Woodrats-aka packrats-are a main entrée of desert bobcats and are also relished by coyotes, hawks, eagles and owls.
Missoula Independent Chuck Bolsinger 2009
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Woodrats also are known as packrats because they build yard-wide, 2-foot-tall "middens" using twigs, branches, pottery shards and other debris.
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Woodrats also are known as packrats because they build yard-wide, 2-foot-tall "middens" using twigs, branches, pottery shards and other debris.
GEN News Highlights 2009
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It's often the "packrats" who produce the clipping -- or in this case, paperback book -- that proves the "prior art" needed to disprove a patent's alleged novelty.
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Maybe libraries have poor SF/F collections because SF/F readers also tend to be buyers, collectors and overall packrats when it comes to books?
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They borrowed a cargo van from Soliman's mother, a furniture store owner, and began helping local packrats get rid of unwanted stuff.
Whatever Happened To ... ... The college hunks and their junk business 2010
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For example, packrats can handle even the spiniest chollas and rarely get stuck.
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Having lived through the Great Depression, they were packrats.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family Jack Canfield 2009
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