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noun informal 1A group of journalists and photographers who pursue celebrities in a relentless or aggressive way. the rat pack of showbiz hacks Example sentencesExamples - The London Evening Standard had led the press rat pack in attacking the tube workers.
- At the time, it stops the clamouring at the door and satisfies the rat pack, who just wanted crumbs from the government anyway.
- Mr. Speaker, I know you are aware of the rat pack in Ottawa.
2The name given to the group of 1960s actors that included Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. - 2.1North American A group of friends or associates.
Example sentencesExamples - But we had a determined rat pack 8 strong - the best guys on the mountain.
noun British informal A ration pack issued by the army to men on duty away from base camp. 〈南非，非正式〉（士兵离开基地执行任务时部队配发的）食品包 Example sentencesExamples - We're taking out about three boxes of human waste and about 10 bags of burnable rubbish, a bag of recyclable rubbish, quite a lot of unused rat packs, and a couple of polar pyramid tents.
- Yesterday I only used four packets, so toady I used the other three and mixed the sauce plus chilli sauce and the beans from today's rat pack.
- None was forthcoming, so I made a deal with the devil and concocted a cup of chocolate consisting of the heat-whitened end of a Flake, most of a waxen bar of choc from an Army rat pack, and instant coffee.
noun informal A group of five friends and co-performers prominent in the entertainment industries of Hollywood and Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s. The group (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford) made several movies together, including Ocean's Eleven (1960).
noun British informal A ration pack issued by the army to men on duty away from base camp. 〈南非，非正式〉（士兵离开基地执行任务时部队配发的）食品包 Example sentencesExamples - None was forthcoming, so I made a deal with the devil and concocted a cup of chocolate consisting of the heat-whitened end of a Flake, most of a waxen bar of choc from an Army rat pack, and instant coffee.
- Yesterday I only used four packets, so toady I used the other three and mixed the sauce plus chilli sauce and the beans from today's rat pack.
- We're taking out about three boxes of human waste and about 10 bags of burnable rubbish, a bag of recyclable rubbish, quite a lot of unused rat packs, and a couple of polar pyramid tents.
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