Definitions

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  • adjective having a slanted or oblique direction.

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  • adjective US, Canada Catercorner

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  • adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line

Etymologies

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Corruption of cater-corner.

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Examples

  • His folks bought them a house catty-corner from my mom's.

    The Prince of Beers Con Chapman 2010

  • In the living room, an Eames lounge sits catty-corner to a bentwood rocker; on the dining table, jelly-jar tumblers are set next to Nicole's grandmother's sterling silverware.

    The Search Susan Kleinman 2011

  • Marines typically test plates using what's called a torque test, in which you grab catty-corner edges of the plate and twist as hard as you can.

    Marine Corps using X-rays to inspect armor 2011

  • Marines typically test plates using what's called a torque test, in which you grab catty-corner edges of the plate and twist as hard as you can.

    Marine Corps using X-rays to inspect armor 2011

  • It seemed to me as I sat there, eating, drinking wine and talking about Art with them that there are worse things than having a heart with some starch in it; one that's capable of anger and not just sympathy, and a foot that can draw a line that crosses another, catty-corner.

    The Prince of Beers Con Chapman 2010

  • Our rooms were catty-corner to each other at the end of the hall.

    What’s the Weirdest Experience of Your Life? 2010

  • There was a steady line of traffic, here, as the Manhattan Bridge carried lines of cars into Brooklyn, but just to the left of the bridge, catty-corner to the site of the old tavern, a different kind of line had begun to form, beneath a large sign with a bright red arrow pointing down to a ticket booth.

    The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

  • His wife of twenty-two years is sitting catty-corner to him in a turquoise T-shirt with a tropical fish swimming across her chest; but her slim ankles are demurely crossed, the resting pose of one of those fifties starlets who swished around on-screen in full skirts, sheer hose, and kitten heels.

    THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010

  • There was a steady line of traffic, here, as the Manhattan Bridge carried lines of cars into Brooklyn, but just to the left of the bridge, catty-corner to the site of the old tavern, a different kind of line had begun to form, beneath a large sign with a bright red arrow pointing down to a ticket booth.

    The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

  • There was a steady line of traffic, here, as the Manhattan Bridge carried lines of cars into Brooklyn, but just to the left of the bridge, catty-corner to the site of the old tavern, a different kind of line had begun to form, beneath a large sign with a bright red arrow pointing down to a ticket booth.

    The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

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