Definition of pettifog

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Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way..

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Pettifogging :: Pettifogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pettifo.
Pettifog :: Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way..
Pettifogulize :: Pettifogulize (v. i.) To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.
Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..
Pettifogged :: Pettifogged (imp. & p. p.) of Pettifo.
Pettifogging :: Pettifogging (a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean.
Pettifogging :: Pettifogging (n.) Pettifoggery.
Fog :: Fog (v. i.) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
Fog''ger :: Fog'ger (n.) One who fogs; a pettifogger.
Pettifoggery :: Pettifoggery (n.) The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.
Pettifog :: Pettifog (v. t.) To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim..
Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
Ies :: ies (pl. ) of Pettifogger.
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