catty-cornered
An American and Canadian variant of 'cater-corner' or 'kitty-corner' — meaning diagonally opposite or placed at an angle.
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An American and Canadian variant of 'cater-corner' or 'kitty-corner' — meaning diagonally opposite or placed at an angle. Used to describe the position of something across an intersection or set diagonally. The word appears in several spelling variants (catty-corner, catercorner, kitty-corner) across different regions.
The pharmacy is catty-cornered from the post office — just cross both streets at the intersection.
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(US, Canada) : catercorner.
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(US, Canada) : cater-corner.
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