catawampus

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Englisch - Englisch
Out of alignment, crooked, cater-corner

Waal, I noticed ez the aidge o' one o' them boards war sot sorter catawampus, ....

Fierce, destructive

There air some catawampous chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong; but don't mind them, they're company.

A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman
{s} wild, brutal, cruel, destructive; inclined, diagonal, slanted