rat pack
Americannoun
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a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.
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Chiefly British. journalists or photographers as a group in relentless pursuit of celebrities.
Example Sentences
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Broussard’s father, Creole from Louisiana, was objectively fly — “the Rat Pack guy” — a photo from the book shows him in a slick black turtleneck under a suit jacket, long pendant chain hanging down to his torso.
From Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles and Las Vegas steakhouses, he believes, lean into the Rat Pack era of red leather booths and massive shrimp cocktails.
From Los Angeles Times
The Rat Pack helped put him on the map.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Everett, who was not married and had no children, was a fan of "Rat Pack" singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
From BBC
Working with him and Kate Hepburn and bringing the whole Rat Pack — this was my mother’s influence on him.
From Salon
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