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pettifogger
(encz) | pettifogger,pedant n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pettifogger
(gcide) | Pettifogger \Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
A pettifogger was lord chancellor. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] |
pettifogger
(wn) | pettifogger
n 1: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses
unscrupulous or unethical methods [syn: shyster,
pettifogger]
2: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
objections [syn: quibbler, caviller, caviler,
pettifogger] |
PETTIFOGGER
(bouvier) | PETTIFOGGER. One who pretends to be a lawyer, but possessing neither
knowledge, law, nor conscience.
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pettifogger
(encz) | pettifogger,pedant n: Zdeněk Brož |
pettifoggery
(encz) | pettifoggery, n: |
Pettifogger
(gcide) | Pettifogger \Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
A pettifogger was lord chancellor. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] |
pettifoggeries
(gcide) | Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. pettifoggeries.
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
quibbles; chicanery.
[1913 Webster]
Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. --Barrow.
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Pettifoggery
(gcide) | Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. pettifoggeries.
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
quibbles; chicanery.
[1913 Webster]
Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. --Barrow.
[1913 Webster] |
pettifogger
(wn) | pettifogger
n 1: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses
unscrupulous or unethical methods [syn: shyster,
pettifogger]
2: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
objections [syn: quibbler, caviller, caviler,
pettifogger] |
pettifoggery
(wn) | pettifoggery
n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering,
spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] |
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