Cattleship
a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
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- Catty-corner
diagonal. diagonally. cater-cornered. adjective, adverb (US & Canadian, informal) diagonally placed; diagonal Also catty-cornered, kitty-cornered adjective a variant of cater-cornered adj., adv. 1838, earlier cater-cornered (1835, American English), from now-obsolete cater “to set or move diagonally” (1570s), from Middle French catre “four,” from Latin quattuor (see four). Cf. carrefour.
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