"Keep him out," cried Dr. Henry, "don't let the cratur in here." 1907, John Watson, The Scot of the eighteenth century: His religion and his life:
An' my ould een turned, an' my heart sickened; but I aye cried to mysel', "silly coward cratur, are ye frighted to see what ye prayed to behold?" 1835, James Baillie Fraser, The Highland Smugglers:
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of craythur (“whiskey”).