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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pettifogging | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for pettifogging | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pettifog \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. [bd]He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.[b8] --S. Butler. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pettifogging \Pet"ti*fog`ging\, a. Paltry; quibbling; mean. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pettifogging \Pet"ti*fog`ging\, n. Pettifoggery. | |
