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noun Slang.

a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.

Chiefly British. journalists or photographers as a group in relentless pursuit of celebrities.

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“Change can be exciting,” Cuomo says to Richards as he helps her pack up her office.
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While some stray from the fold, most stay with the same pack their entire lives.
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And lo, Snowballs—underpants which can hold a flexible gel pack that you store in the freezer—was born.
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Plus the notion of the poor little guy surrounded by a rag-tag pack of true believers is an American favorite.
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New York City boasts the highest cost for cigarettes in the nation, with a pack ranging anywhere from $12 and up.
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Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.
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He had repeated till he was thrice weary the statement that "the Cat lay on the Mat and the Rat came in."
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The party was made up of six men on horseback, two tame buffaloes, and a pack of immense dogs used to hunting.
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Growling horribly, the enraged brute seized poor Pearson and shook him as a terrier dog shakes a rat.
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There was no fight in his men; they ran like a pack of frightened coyotes at the first crack of a gun.
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British Dictionary definitions for rat pack

ratpack

/ (ˈrætˌpæk) /

noun

derogatory, slang those members of the press who give wide, often intrusive, coverage of the private lives of celebritiesthe royal ratpack

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