A
colloquialism describing something located in a
diagonal direction (sometimes
kitty-corner or
catty-cornered). Old
Mrs. Donley's house is located
catty-corner to yours, while the
Phillips family lives
catty-corner across the
alley and
Jenny Hansen sits in the
desk catty-corner in front of you in
school.
Derived from now
obsolete "
catercorner" (cater="
four" +
corner).