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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An' to think that our Miss Ethel here is to take up with a poor hairless cratur like that.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander
Get us a drop o' tay and give this poor misguided cratur somethin' to eat.
From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Mayne, Rutherford
“Hoots, man, let the cratur alane,” said Macleod, as he busied himself polishing up some dim parts of his rifle.
From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
"D'ye ken young Sandy ——?"—"Brawly," said the witness; "I've kent him sin' he was a laddie."—"An' is there onything in the cratur, d'ye think?"
From Law and Laughter by Morton, George A. (George Alexander)
What hae I, a wicked cratur, now to expect frae thae fiends for a' the sins dune i' the body?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
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