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cater-cornered, adv. and a. U.S. and dial.|ˈkætəˌkɔːnəd|
Also catacornered, catercorner, catty-cornered, etc.
[f. cater adv. + cornered ppl. a.]
Diagonally; diagonal. So cater-cornering, catty-cornering a. and n.
1838J. C. Neal Charcoal Sk. 196 One of that class..who, when compelled to share their bed with another, lie in that engrossing posture called ‘catty-cornered’. 1841‘Dow, Jr.’ Short Patent Sermons xxi. 52 Unless you..took too many catty-cornered tracks, Making but little headway with the tacks, While calling on the ladies. 1843‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase xxvii. 261 With directions how..to secure by two strings diagonally fastened, or as he better understood it—‘katterkorner'd-like’. 1878G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Wd.-bk., Cater-cornered, diagonal. A house standing diagonally to the street would be cater-cornered. 1881[See cater adv.]. 1885Century Mag. Nov. 64/1 He just takes them records..and brings his side line down catercornerin'—that way. 1888J. Kirkland McVeys 59 Now, suppose the railroad runs diagonally across a field, ‘cater-cornering’, as he says. 1893Harper's Mag. June 112/1 He leaned against the wall, eying me catacornered, but innocent. 1902S. F. White Blazed Trail vii. 53 When the log had been cat-a-cornered from its bed, the chain was fastened [etc.]. 1906Harper's Mag. July 252 ‘You do leave things so catacornered,’ Martha observed. 1919F. Hurst Humoresque 86 The optical department, cater⁓corner from the children's shoes. 1945J. Steinbeck Cannery Row i. 4 If you walk catty-cornered across the grass-grown lot. Ibid. v. 16 Lee Chongs's grocery was on its catty-corner right and Dora's Bear Flag Restaurant was on its catty-corner left. 1957New Yorker 29 June 22/1 There was a girl sitting down one row, catty-corner from me. 1959Listener 22 Jan. 174/2 A square cat, going cater-cornered among the leeks. 1962R. Deming Careful Man ii. 21 She took a catty-corner shortcut. 1964New Yorker 21 Nov. 222/2 Temple Square..is catercorner to the site of the Kennecott Copper Corporation's new eighteen-story building. |