creeter

“If you mean she’s a ladylike kind of creeter, why not say so?”

Death of a Fool Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1956

My dear when I had it thrown in my face and conscience that the girl Sally had reason to think I could be glad of the ruin of a fellow-creeter, I burst into tears and dropped back in my chair and I says “I am ashamed of myself!”

Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy 2007

My dear when I had it thrown in my face and conscience that the girl Sally had reason to think I could be glad of the ruin of a fellow-creeter, I burst into tears and dropped back in my chair and I says “I am ashamed of myself!”

Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy 2007

As for Win Jenkins, she has undergone a perfect metamurphysis, and is become a new creeter from the ammunition of Humphry Clinker, our new footman, a pious young man, who has laboured exceedingly, that she may bring forth fruits of repentance.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

My poor, sainted Charles left me enough to live on as long as a poor, lorn, lone creeter like me wants ter live.

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

"I expect you can, you pretty creeter," admitted the old lady.

Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret Alice B. Emerson

"A poor creeter come to my house today to beg for somepin 'to eat," said

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

"She's a contented creeter, my pretty," the old woman said to Ruth.

Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Alice B. Emerson

Ma say Auntie poor we weak creeter, couldn't strain.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

I was a poor lone creeter in the poorhouse when Jabez Potter came and took me out.

Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies Alice B. Emerson