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Meanings of cata-cornered in English

Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.

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Examples for "catercorner"
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Santiago also runs an Asian restaurant, a sort of noodle shop, catercorner to Standard.
Cleaving
2
But Edward is seated on my opposite side and Isabel far off, catercorner to him.
The day the falls stood still
3
From my living room, I trained my binoculars on the redbrick monstrosity catercorner from me.
11/22/63
4
She sees it catercorner from her present coordinates.
Snow Crash
5
He indicated that I should sit catercorner to him, and with his foot, he pushed out another chair.
Fear nothing
1
He said, "I know a short cut, cater-cornered across the new clearing."
Westways: A Village Chronicle
2
I met the most embarrassingly cater-cornered families.
Lady Baltimore
3
Across the table from him, cater-cornered, at Mr. Morse's right, sat Judge Blount, a local superior court judge.
Martin Eden
1
Waterworks is situated catty-corner from the borough hall and the police station.
Robin and ruby
2
Eddie Garcia sat catty-corner from her, on her right, smiling and nodding.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
3
There was a couple, male and female, sitting catty-corner from the first two.
Guilty Pleasures
4
There was a pharmacy catty-corner from where he sat.
Pines
5
At the same time, Sam's door, catty-corner across the hall, swung open and he stepped forth.
Ladder of years: a novel
1
I sat on the edge of the old recliner catty-cornered to it.
Dead to the world
1
Mike Nelson: The Minnesota Vikings had their training camp kitty-corner from us.
Wired
2
He sat kitty-corner in a chair of carved wood and inlaid ivory.
Layover in dubai
3
Nancy had dropped my arm and was gliding kitty-corner fashion, across the floor.
The Man on the Box
4
Then tipping the board kitty-corner, he was able to shimmy it through the opening.
The bricklayer
5
Most unsettling of all was what we learned about the small house kitty-corner from ours.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
1
He kitty-cornered the intersection and pulled up alongside her.
The Servant Problem
2
The invitations were folded kitty-cornered and inside of each appeared a fat fuzzy little gray puss taken from a real pussy-willow branch.
Entertaining Made Easy