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kitty-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.]
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Adj.1.kitty-corner - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"


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A motley dozen or so counter-demonstrators waved Israeli and American flags kitty-corner from the chanting demonstrators, who called out on a bullhorn: "Stop U.
[LaDonna points to a two-story, red brick house with a new wood porch that is kitty-corner to the farm.
Though the new store, opening in 2003, will be kitty-corner from a revamped Jo-Ann Store, Michaels' arch rival, Rheingans thinks the two can co-exist.
 
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