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kitty-cornered

kitty-cornered adjective: synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).

Adjective

kitty-cornered (not comparable)

  1. (US) 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
    Synonyms:
    kitty-corner

Synonyms of kitty-cornered

Origin of kitty-cornered

Corruption of cater-corner.

Questions about kitty-cornered

What does kitty-cornered mean?
Kitty-cornered means synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).
What part of speech is kitty-cornered?
Kitty-cornered is an adjective.

Words near kitty-cornered in the dictionary

  1. kitty's titties
  2. kitty-cat
  3. kitty-cats
  4. kitty-come-down-the-lane-jump-up-and-kiss-me
  5. kitty-corner
  6. kitty-cornered
  7. Kittybrewster
  8. kittycat
  9. kittycats
  10. kittycorner
  11. kittycorners

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