Definition of "catty-corner" [catty-corner]

• Catercorner (adjective)

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• "Marines typically test plates using what's called a torque test, in which you grab catty-corner edges of the plate and twist as hard as you can."
• "It seemed to me as I sat there, eating, drinking wine and talking about Art with them that there are worse things than having a heart with some starch in it; one that's capable of anger and not just sympathy, and a foot that can draw a line that crosses another, catty-corner."
• "His folks bought them a house catty-corner from my mom's."