critter
noun
a domesticated animal.
crittur
-
a variation of
critter.
Example Sentences
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You see that crittur was more’n ordinary cunning, and he’d seen how he was feared, so he’d settle it down to a certainty that no man would ever dare tempt death near his sleepin’ place.
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
I reckon he’s got most every crittur indig’ous to this country in that collection o’ his’n.
From The Bail Jumper by Robert J. C. Stead
I 'll jest let this crittur plunder me a bit; I'll flatter him with the notion that he's too sharp and too spry for the Yankee.
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
They came down whooping and yelling, but the crittur is one of the fastest out on the plains, and if he had been fresh I should not have minded them a cent.
From Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
I bet you that ole goat’ll knock the stuffin’ out of your club, and purtect hisself ag’in any wild crittur, from a stink-cat to a tiger.”
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
