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Diagonally, down South
Answer for the clue "Diagonally, down South ", 10 letters:
catawampus
Word definitions for catawampus in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Out of alignment, crooked, cater-corner. 2 fierce, destructive. n. (context US English) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also catawampous , cattywampus , catiwampus , etc. (see "Dictionary of American Slang" for more), American colloquial. First element perhaps from obsolete cater "to set or move diagonally" (see catty-cornered ); second element perhaps related to Scottish ...
Usage examples of catawampus.
They rattled along, racing at a catawampus angle before, miraculously, the vehicle recovered itself, finding the road again.
She looked back, and saw that the catawampus was growling on the brink, unable to catch her here.