pack rat

[pack rat] {n.}, {informal}

A person who cannot part with old, useless objects; an avid collector of useless things; a junk hoarder.

/"Why are there so many things in this room?" John asked. "It is my brother's room, and he is a pack rat; he is unable to throw stuff away."/

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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