Forrest J Ackerman November 24, 1916 â⠂ ¬â€œ December 4, 2008 I still remember the moment I first spotted Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine at a corner drugstore in Indianapolis, catercorner from the Glendale Shopping Mall. From Wordnik.com. [Planet-x.com.au » Forrest J Ackerman] Reference
Anyway, Laura lived in a house that was catercorner across the street from the drugstore. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Malcolm X]
"We'll avoid him and go catercorner past the domain of that comparatively mild-looking chap there.". From Wordnik.com. [A Circus of Hells]
I had lunch at the Astor House, across Broadway as Carmody had said, catercorner from the post office. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
From the center of its torso, a razor tongue extruded suddenly, lunging catercorner at its intended victim. From Wordnik.com. [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference
When Domingo attempted to lead him through rocky ground, he chose their path, heading catercorner instead of directly ahead, navigating the worst of the fields. From Wordnik.com. [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference
But I saw that a crowd was already gathering along the east wall of the Post Office Building catercorner across the street, and in City Hall Park directly across. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
And five houses further on, catercorner from his house, Mrs. Wese, her fox fur over her nightgown, was peering out for her husband, who was taking an unusually long time today. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories] Reference
Things she approved: a clockwork wisteria that bloomed at the third hours of day and night, a great tiger with emerald eyes and catercorner stripes, a statue of a gilded horse that allowed no rain to touch it, and a ceramic jar that foretold earthquakes, eclipses and tidal waves. From Wordnik.com. [fiction: lisa listens] Reference
State streets, catercorner from the site of Koolhaas's new Campus Center. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Because tone operates supported on a complicated program of catercorner trumps and overtrumps, such same a mettlesome of Magic: The Gathering. From Wordnik.com. [www.awesomeblogs.com] Reference
While I was watching the Celtics / Bulls game, someone set fire to the abandoned building just catercorner from me on Holmden Court (the alley behind my house). From Wordnik.com. [Organic/Mechanic] Reference
There, a family catercorner from us slapped up a pre-fab looking house for their daughter on a tiny lot, just inches outside the requirement for distance from the adjacent house. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
I have new neighbors who are renovating the home next door to me, and the children who appear to own the house catercorner from me on Holmden Avenue are fixing the place up quite nicely. From Wordnik.com. [Organic/Mechanic] Reference
New Orleans police surrounded the Ampco System Parking garage -- which is catercorner to the Roosevelt Hotel bar -- minutes after officers received a call at 2: 30 p.m. that a man had been shot. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference
William "Jingles" O'Brien founded his original stadium bar in downtown Madison in 1957; now its successor, run by Jingles's son Mike, occupies a building catercorner from the Dane County Expo Center. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
My office is now located catercorner to the maison, in the annex that Jean-Marc and I had built after too many months sharing a desk in our home’s busy entrance hallway. From Wordnik.com. [Words in a French Life] Reference
They had a store catercorner that closed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
401 was located (catercorner to Tabla). From Wordnik.com. [An Exploration of Portland Oregon Food and Drink] Reference
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