Lexicographical Neighbors of Crittur
Literary usage of Crittur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
""Wy, this crittur ." " I don't understand you, sir." By this time, a crowd had
... This mornin' I see the elephant, naow I'm bound to see this crittur. ..."
2. Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1855)
"Who is there that ever went into a stable of a morning, and his crittur ...
and the lovin crittur rubbed his head agin him in return, that didn't think ..."
3. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1911)
"... you know, Uncle Balt, for the crittur to go back where he belonged—a drop of
that liquor, if you please), he caught my bullet in the back of his neck, ..."
4. The Attaché: Or Sam Slick in England by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1856)
"Now, as he hante been near you, and you here four months, he ain't worth a cuss ;
he ain't nateral, and a crittur that ain't nateral ain't worth nothin'. ..."
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