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Pettifogging

Pettifogging Meaning & Definition
Pettifogging Definition And Meaning

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

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Pettifogging In Webster's Dictionary

\Pet"ti*fog`ging\, a. Paltry; quibbling; mean.
\Pet"ti*fog`ging\, n. Pettifoggery.

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