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Definition of Catacorner
1. Adjective. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line. "Set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
Similar to: Oblique
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catacorner
Literary usage of Catacorner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cross Country with Horse and Hound by Frank Sherman Peer (1902)
"Over and over again they discuss the run of the day, straight, cross ways, and
then "catacorner," as the farmers say they cultivate their corn. ..."
2. Annual Report of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors by Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (1907)
"It seems, then, that in the land to the south they are rushing it to the limit—this
Age which answers to the equation of— Criss-cross -f catacorner = F + ..."
3. How to Cook Husbands by Elizabeth Strong Worthington (1898)
"... for when Mrs. Catlin, who lived catacorner from me, and who watched me as a
cat watches a mouse, said something one day about Mr. Chance's feeling bound ..."
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