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Pettifog   Listen
verb
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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Words linked to "Pettifog" :   pettifogger, squabble, debate, fence, niggle, brabble, contend, bicker, argue


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