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Webster 1913 Edition


Pettifogging

Pet′ti-fogˊging

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Adj.
Paltry; quibbling; mean.

Pet′ti-fogˊging

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Noun.
Pettifoggery.

Definition 2024


pettifogging

pettifogging

English

Verb

pettifogging

  1. present participle of pettifog

Noun

pettifogging (plural pettifoggings)

  1. pettifoggery
    • Thomas Carlyle
      [] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign []