Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

a little of the creature

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: a lit-tle of the crea-ture
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small drink of alcoholic spirits.

American usage; Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So I took ‘a leetle of the creater’ – that warmer of the cold, and cooler of the hot, – and it made me feel so good that I concluded it was like the negro's rabbit, ‘good any way.’"
"Nothing; only it is poor sport to go on a dub without a little of the critter."
"And when he met her, he told her what he came about, and said that he never would mind what the women prayed for, but it was greatly against his health to be obliged to drink his wine and whiskey raw, and he'd a longing desire for a little of the creature neatly mixed up with lemon and sugar, and water [...]."

Usage

Inflected Forms

a leetle of the creater (alternative, obsolete) a little of the critter (alternative)

Synonyms

nip

Questions

What does a little of the creature mean?: A small drink of alcoholic spirits.

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