kitty-cornered

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Corruption of cater-corner.

Adjective[edit]

kitty-cornered (not comparable)

  1. (US) Synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).
    • 1987, Martha Barron Barrett, God’s Country, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 67:
      He’s king of all these wigged men sitting with their hosed legs kitty-cornered under their desks.
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