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Webster 1913 Edition


Pettifogger

Pet′ti-fogˊger

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Noun.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
A
pettifogger
was lord chancellor.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pettifogger

PET'TIFOGGER

,
Noun.
An inferior attorney or lawyer who is employed in small or mean business.