cratur
Britishnoun
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whisky or whiskey
a drop of the cratur
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a person
Etymology
Origin of cratur
from creature
Example Sentences
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Lord et Manor i full uniform a fut back bearing Coat of Arms for Haworth, a gert wild cratur wi two tails on, one et awthur end.
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"And did the cratur' give ye the slip, then?" he said, patting the dog's head.
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An' to think that our Miss Ethel here is to take up with a poor hairless cratur like that.
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It gars ye clap haun' tae yer broo An' wunner what's Providence after the noo That he lets sic a swarm o' they cratur's be born Wham naebody kens aboot here in Kinghorn.
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“In the first place, the natives would have been nearly certain to secure the horses; and in the second place—” “This wound in the grey’s shoulder was inflicted by a wild baste, not a human cratur,” interrupted Keown, who had caught George’s horse.
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