cratur

/ ˈkretər /

noun

1. the cratur
   whisky or whiskey

   a drop of the cratur

2. a person

Word History and Origins

Origin of cratur¹

from creature

Example Sentences

I dinna think that in a' nature there's a mair curiouser cratur than a monkey.

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Here he rowed up the note like a baw in his hand, and put it into his coat pouch like any rational cratur.

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Is't no' a sin an' a shame for a cratur like that to work in a place like this?

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Lastly he sent "the Dougal cratur," dressed in Andrew Fairservice's ancient garments, to see them safe upon their way.

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The little cratur a-twisting his shrivelled fingers about, that looks as if the bones were coming through the skin.

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