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Pettifogging
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What's The Definition Of Pettifogging?
[adj] quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pettifogging: carping | caviling | critical | nitpicking | quibbling Related Terms | Find terms related to Pettifogging: See Also | Pettifogging In Webster's Dictionary \Pet"ti*fog`ging\, a.
Paltry; quibbling; mean.
\Pet"ti*fog`ging\, n. Pettifoggery. |
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