Critter
['krɪtə]
Definition
(noun.) a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals).
Typed by Dewey--From WordNet
Examples
- Powerful holy critter, he must be! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ye poor miserable critter! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Somehow I never could see no kind o' critter a strivin' and pantin', and trying to clar theirselves, with the dogs arter 'em and go agin 'em. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Here we are all just ready to drop down, and the critters all in a reek of sweat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dogs is no 'count in these yer up states where these critters gets carried; of course, ye can't get on their track. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- These critters ain't like white folks, you know; they gets over things, only manage right. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Wolfgang