Etymology
Origin of craythur
from Irish Gaelic Créatur creature
Example Sentences
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"Sure she will," cried the Irish woman; "come in here, you poor, spiritless craythur."
From The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan by Ralph Connor
I’m sure I’ve taken good care of the pore ould craythur, an’ I hope some wan will do the same to me at the last.”
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
“An’ he a-gevin a poor ould craythur five dollars!
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
Even Mrs. Rooney, who thought that her boy was "the sweetest craythur the cun shines on," preferred to hear him called "Handy Andy" rather than "Suds."
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
Well, sir, I pitied the ould craythur, an' thought I wasn't worth a thraneen, for the mortial fright I was in, I up an' sez to her, "That's a cowld lodgin' for ye, ma'am."
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
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