About The Word Pettifog
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Pettifog
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What's The Definition Of Pettifog?
[v] argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pettifog: bicker | brabble | niggle | quibble | squabble Related Terms | Find terms related to Pettifog: argue | argufy | bandy words | bicker | carp | catch at straws | cavil | choplogic | contend | contest | cross swords | cut and thrust | cut up | discept | dispute | fault-find | find fault | give and take | hassle | have it out | join issue | lock horns | logomachize | moot | nitpick | pick holes | pick to pieces | plead | polemicize | polemize | pull apart | pull to pieces | quibble | spar | take exception | take sides | tear apart | tear to pieces | thrash out | try conclusions | wrangle See Also | argue | contend | debate | fence Pettifog In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Pet"ti*fog\, v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.] |
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