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pettifog |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pettifogged}; p. pr & vb n. {Pettifogging}.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.] To do a petty business as a lawyer; also to do law business in a petty or tricky way ``He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.'' --S. Butler. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pettifog v : argue over petty things "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: {quibble}, {niggle}, {bicker}, {squabble}, {brabble}]
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