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pettifogging

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pet·ti·fog  (pt-fg, -fôg)
intr.v. pet·ti·fogged, pet·ti·fog·ging, pet·ti·fogs
To act like a pettifogger. See Synonyms at quibble.
[Back-formation from pettifogger.]
pettifogging [ˈpɛtɪˌfɒgɪŋ]
adj
1. petty pettifogging details
2. mean; quibbling pettifogging lawyers
Translations
pettifogging [ˈpetɪfɒgɪŋ] ADJ [detail] → insignificante, nimio; [lawyer] → pedante; [suggestion] → hecho para entenebrecer el asunto
pettifogging [ˈpɛtifɒgɪŋ] adj → chicanier/ière
pettifogging
adj objections → kleinlich; details → belanglos; person → pedantisch
pettifogging [ˈpɛtɪˌfɒgɪŋ] adj (details) → insignificante; (objections) → cavilloso/a
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We were to be fitted for practice in the courts, not only by our reading, but by a season of pettifogging before justices of the peace, which I looked forward to with no small shrinking of my shy spirit; but what really troubled me most, and was always the grain of sand between my teeth, was Blackstone's confession of his own original preference for literature, and his perception that the law was "a jealous mistress," who would suffer no rival in his affections.
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