Satchmo wrote: There's also a clothes and shoes only bin in Bailey catty corner from Cutthroat at the Chinese motel (restaurant).
I've always heard the expression as "kitty corner." Interesting, the variation.
Kitty-corner, which means "placed or situated diagonally," has a number of variants, including cater-corner, cata-cornered and catty-corner. It has its origin with the word cater. Dating back to the 16th century, cater, which comes from the French quatre (meaning four), was the name for the number four on a die. It is believed that the positioning of the four dots at the corners of a square is how cater came to mean "diagonally opposed."
Cater-corner first appeared in the American South in the 19th century. For reasons unknown, although possibly because cater sounds and looks similar to cat, the word changed to catty-corner or kitty-corner.
The Dude wrote: Thanks everyone!! I really wanted to donate to one of the local shops such as IMHS thrift store or the MRC... In all honesty I find it really annoying that I can only donate on certain days. I guess I will use one of the drop boxes that have randomly popped up over the past few weeks. Thanks again for all your help.
No matter where you decide to donate - thank you!
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