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pettifog
(encz) | pettifog,hádat se o slovíčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pettifog
(gcide) | Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. t.
To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to
pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]
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Pettifog
(gcide) | Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Pettifogging.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
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." --S. Butler.
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2. To debate or quarrel over unimportant, trifling matters.
[PJC]
3. To use subterfuge, deception, or flattery for any purpose;
to practice chicanery.
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pettifog
(wn) | pettifog
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble] |
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pettifog
(encz) | pettifog,hádat se o slovíčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
pettifogger
(encz) | pettifogger,pedant n: Zdeněk Brož |
pettifoggery
(encz) | pettifoggery, n: |
pettifogging
(encz) | pettifogging,malicherný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pettifogged
(gcide) | Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Pettifogging.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
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." --S. Butler.
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2. To debate or quarrel over unimportant, trifling matters.
[PJC]
3. To use subterfuge, deception, or flattery for any purpose;
to practice chicanery.
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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.
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A pettifogger was lord chancellor. --Macaulay.
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pettifoggeries
(gcide) | Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. pettifoggeries.
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
quibbles; chicanery.
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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.
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Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. --Barrow.
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Pettifogging
(gcide) | Pettifogging \Pet"ti*fog`ging\, a.
Paltry; quibbling; mean.
[1913 Webster]Pettifogging \Pet"ti*fog`ging\, n.
Pettifoggery.
[1913 Webster]Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Pettifogging.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
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." --S. Butler.
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2. To debate or quarrel over unimportant, trifling matters.
[PJC]
3. To use subterfuge, deception, or flattery for any purpose;
to practice chicanery.
[PJC] |
Pettifogulize
(gcide) | Pettifogulize \Pet`ti*fog"u*lize\, v. i.
To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. --De
Quincey.
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pettifog
(wn) | pettifog
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble] |
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] |
PETTIFOGGER
(bouvier) | PETTIFOGGER. One who pretends to be a lawyer, but possessing neither
knowledge, law, nor conscience.
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