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cater-corner

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cat·er-cor·nered  (ktr-kôrnrd, kt-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nr) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kt-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (kt-)
adj.
Diagonal.
adv.
In a diagonal position.

[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
Translations
cater-corner(ed)
adj, adv (US) → diagonal


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Casden Properties, LLC, plans to build 266 homes on a 16-acre site cater-corner from Kmart.
Columbia Square, the television and radio complex cater-corner to the Sunset Gower Studios, was also sold this year.
The Grand Hotel was built in 1984 and is located directly across the street from the Park Hyatt Hotel, for which Hyatt recently paid $194,000 per room, and is cater-corner to the ANA Hotel, which was acquired in 1990 at a cost of $244,000 per room.
 
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