packratv.
/ˈpakrat/, U.S. /ˈpækˌræt/ Chiefly North American.
transitive. To collect and hoard (an assortment of objects) in the manner of a pack rat. Also (occasionally) intransitive: to behave in the manner of a pack rat.
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1955 J. Kerouac Let. 9 Nov. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 529 Buddhist bums in Japan packratting up to 10,000 feet for weeks at a time, to meditate & pray & cook & boil tea.
1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 22 The horrifying mortmain of Ephemera: keys, drift, sea-urchin shells, Packratted off with joy.
1998 Houston Press (Nexis) 16 Apr. When he's not packratting around the mainland in search of golden-age swing recordings [etc.].
2002 Denver Westword (Nexis) 17 Jan. He filled three tractor-trailers with stuff he'd packratted away since..the late 1970s.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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