Etymology
Origin of craythur
from Irish Gaelic Créatur creature
Example Sentences
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As he said, it would “plaze the ould craythur intirely.”
From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Old Mrs. Flaherty declared, amid her giggles, that "the two eyes av the craythur fairly give her a turn," and when asked to explain she pointed to the gongs at the top of the apparatus.
From Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls by Fannie E. Newberry
A cup of hot coffee'll do the poor craythur, yer grandfather, a power of good.
From Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success by Horatio Alger
“An’ he a-gevin a poor ould craythur five dollars!
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
"He has brought a bag full o' stones to throw a top o' the tithes to keep them down—O wisha! wisha! poor craythur!"
From International Short Stories English by Various
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