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cattycorner

cattycorner is the alternative form of catty-corner.

Meaning of catty-corner

Adverb

catty-corner (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
    • He takes the Brewer turnoff off the Pike and the road takes him through the town where he first bought gas. As he takes the road marked BREWER 16 he can see cattycornered across the main street the dirtdigger's pumps and his dark window full of glinting shovels and fishing rods.1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 35
    Synonyms:
    cater-corner

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Questions about cattycorner

What is cattycorner the alternative form of?
Cattycorner is the alternative form of catty-corner.

Words near cattycorner in the dictionary

  1. catty-corner
  2. catty-cornered
  3. catty-mount
  4. catty-mounts
  5. catty-wonker
  6. cattycorner
  7. cattys
  8. cattywampus
  9. cattywampuses
  10. Catubig
  11. Catuday

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