kitty-cornered en · ADJ
Etymology
Corruption of cater-corner.
Meanings
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(US, not-comparable) Synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).
He’s king of all these wigged men sitting with their hosed legs kitty-cornered under their desks.
1987, Martha Barron Barrett, God’s Country, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 67: