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’ it’s what a purty cratur you are that I mane,” replied Rooney, repeating the dose to Teddy, who regarded his father with looks of deep affection.
From Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters by Pearson, Francis B.
It's no often ye hear o' a puir penniless cratur like me refusin onything that wad save his stock o' three guid farthins.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
An’ I had pity on the cratur, for her face was the size o’ a muckle pot, an’ lek nothin’ under the sun.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
“I’ve had a dale to do with sheep, and lambs, too, in my younger days, and many’s the little cosset I’ve brought up by hand, when the poor cratur would otherwise have died.”
From Minnie's Pet Lamb by Leslie, Madeline
Nay; I've no grand words at my tongue's end, Mr. Moore, but I feel that it wad be a low principle for a reasonable man to starve to death like a dumb cratur.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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