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Pettifog   Listen
verb
Pettifog  v. t.  To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. (Colloq.)


Pettifog  v. i.  (past & past part. pettifogged; pres. part. pettifogging)  
1.
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."
2.
To debate or quarrel over unimportant, trifling matters.
3.
To use subterfuge, deception, or flattery for any purpose; to practice chicanery.





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"Pettifog" Quotes from Famous Books



... with all your intellect—when you know the oath as well as I—you pettifog like that! The oath says to appeal to justice and reason even after the first blow is struck. Why doesn't our premier appeal to ...
— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer


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