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catty-cornered cater-cornered

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catty-cornered/ˈkatɪ-/

▶adjective see cater-cornered.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cater-cornered /ˈkeɪtəˌkɔːnəd/ (also cater-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner)

▶adjective & adverb N. Amer. situated diagonally opposite.

– origin C19: from dial. cater ‘diagonally’, from cater denoting the four on dice, from Fr. quatre ‘four’, from L. quattuor.

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