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English Dictionary: pettifoggery by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pettifoggery
n
  1. a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. -{ies}.
      The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
      quibbles.
  
               Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries.         --Barrow.
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