| 单词 | cater-cornering |
| 释义 | > as lemmascater-cornering cater-cornering adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in transverse direction > diagonally cornerly1474 cornerwise1474 diagonally?1541 cater-cornered1838 cater-corneringa1854 a1854 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Patent Serm. IV. 79 All the cris-crossings, meanderings, trianglings, and catty-cornerings [of a dance]. 1885 Cent. Mag. Nov. 64/1 He just takes them records..and brings his side line down catercornerin'—that way. 1888 J. Kirkland McVeys 59 Now, suppose the railroad runs diagonally across a field, ‘cater-cornering’, as he says. < as lemmas |
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