cratur
noun Irish and Scot
the cratur whisky or whiskeya drop of the cratur
a person
Word Origin for cratur
from creature
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Examples from the Web for cratur
Historical Examples of cratur
(aside to her son) Choking the cratur is with the words he can't get out.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Ye dinna tell me he gies ye noucht to mainteen the cratur upo?
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
It'll be a puir holiday for the cratur, but let him jist tak' it.
Erchie(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro
Weel, I never thought the cratur wad hae had the handicraft to do the like!'
The Book Lovers' AnthologyVarious
Is't no' a sin an' a shame for a cratur like that to work in a place like this?
The Guinea StampAnnie S. Swan