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Pettifogger
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What's The Definition Of Pettifogger?
[n] a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
[n] a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods Synonyms | Synonyms for Pettifogger: caviler | caviller | quibbler | shyster Related Terms | Find terms related to Pettifogger: ambulance chaser | belittler | bunco artist | bunco steerer | captious critic | cardsharp | cardsharper | carper | carpetbagger | caviler | censor | censurer | common scold | con artist | con man | confidence man | crimp | critic | criticizer | equivocator | faultfinder | frondeur | hairsplitter | hedger | horse coper | horse trader | jackleg | land pirate | land shark | land-grabber | momus | mortgage shark | mystificator | mystifier | nitpicker | obscurantist | palterer | Philadelphia lawyer | picayune critic | pitchman | prevaricator | pussyfoot | pussyfooter | quibbler | scold | shark | sharp | sharper | sharpie | shortchanger | shuffler | shyster | slicker | smellfungus | spieler | tergiversator See Also | controversialist | disputant | offender | wrongdoer Pettifogger In Webster's Dictionary \Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
A pettifogger was lord chancellor. --Macaulay.
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