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- PETTIFOGGING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PETTIFOGGING is having the characteristics of a pettifogger : marked by pettifoggery How to use pettifogging in a sentence
- PETTIFOGGING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PETTIFOGGING definition: 1 (of people or their behaviour) giving too much attention to small details that are not… Learn more
- pettifogging adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of pettifogging adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Why is pettifogging suddenly in the news? - BBC
To "pettifog" is, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "to quibble over insignificant details" or "engage in legal chicanery" The verb was actually formed from the noun "pettifogger",
- Pettifogging - World Wide Words
The term became popular, and spawned derivatives like pettifogging These survived the original term, which is now considered archaic, but we retain in the latter word the idea of somebody who places too much emphasis on trifles or who quibbles about minor matters
- PETTIFOGGING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
PETTIFOGGING definition: insignificant; petty See examples of pettifogging used in a sentence
- What does pettifogging mean? - Definitions. net
Damn all pettifogging, oath-breaking US attorneys and judges … I will see you all in hell and shed my blood before I will be robbed of one more dollar to finance a national policy of treason, plunder, and corruption
- PETTIFOGGING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details
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