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pettifogger
/ ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə /
noun
- a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
- any person who quibbles or fusses over details
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Derived Forms
- ˈpettiˌfoggery, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pettifogger1
C16: from petty + fogger, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Fugger, name of a family (C15–16) of German financiers
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Example Sentences
Now, which was the best pedigree, that of the son of the pastry-cook, or that of the son of the pettifogger?
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Thinking it well beneath me to measure words with this knavish pettifogger, I looked beyond him and spoke to his master.
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A happy thought suggested itself—one worthy of the unscrupulous theological pettifogger that he is.
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Pettifogger, pet′i-fog-ėr, n. a lawyer who practises only in paltry cases.
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Anything can be proved by two false witnesses—thinks the pettifogger.
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