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    pet·ti·fog·ger
    [ˈpedēˌfôɡər]
    noun
    archaic
    pettifogger (noun) · pettifoggers (plural noun)
    1. an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices.
    Origin
    mid 16th century: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhand dealer’, probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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    1. an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices.
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  3. 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", which was used in the 16th Century to describe those who would argue over minor details in a fee.

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    adjective old-fashioned disapproving us / ˈpet̬.ɪˌfɑː.ɡɪŋ / uk / ˈpet.ɪˌfɒɡ.ɪŋ / Add to word list Pettifogging people give too much attention to small unimportant details in a way that shows a limited mind: pettifogging lawyers Pettifogging rules or details are too small and not important enough to give attention to.

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    pettifogger / (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə) / noun a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery any person who quibbles or fusses over details

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