Hva betyr "pack rat of sorts"

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Når de på amerikansk karakteriserer en person som "a pack rat of sorts" vet

noen hva som menes med det?

Endret 7. januar 2005 av groenn

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pack rat

n.

 

  1. Any of various small North American rodents of the genus Neotoma that collect in or around their nests a great variety of small objects. Also called trade rat, wood rat.

  2. Western U.S. A petty thief.

  3. Informal. A collector or accumulator of miscellaneous objects.

 

 

pack rat

 

n 1: someone who collects things that have been discarded by others [syn: magpie, scavenger] 2: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects [syn: packrat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea]