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pettifog
v.
cheat, deceive; swindle, defraud
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Pettifog
Pettifog is an English back-formation of pettifogger, a quibbler of details. It is also a stock character in comedy, often a lawyer. It can refer to:
- Mr. Pettifog, a minor character in The Bloodhound Gang (TV series)
- Larsen E. Pettifogger, a character in The Wizard of Id modeled after Larsen E. Whipsnade in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
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pettifog
Verb
1. argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
(synonym) quibble, niggle, bicker, squabble, brabble
(hypernym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(derivation) quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger
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Pettifog
(v. t.)
To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
(v. i.)
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
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pettifog
Synonyms and related words:
argue, argufy, bandy words, bicker, carp, catch at straws, cavil, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, cut up, discept, dispute, fault-find, find fault, give and take, hassle, have it out, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, nitpick, pick holes, pick to pieces, plead, polemicize, polemize, pull apart, pull to pieces, quibble, spar, take exception, take sides, tear apart, tear to pieces, thrash out, try conclusions, wrangle
argue, argufy, bandy words, bicker, carp, catch at straws, cavil, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, cut up, discept, dispute, fault-find, find fault, give and take, hassle, have it out, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, nitpick, pick holes, pick to pieces, plead, polemicize, polemize, pull apart, pull to pieces, quibble, spar, take exception, take sides, tear apart, tear to pieces, thrash out, try conclusions, wrangle
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