pettifog

pettifog

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1. v. i. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. Source: opted
2. v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. Source: opted
3. v. argue over petty things Source: wordnet
4. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. "He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis." S. Butler. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.] Source: webster
5. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business ina petty or tricky way. "He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis." S.Butler. Source: adambom
6. v argue over petty things Source: ecdict

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