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Defenition of the word pettifogging

    • Defenition of the word pettifogging

      • quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
      • quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer''s mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"

    Synonyms for the word pettifogging

      • carping
      • caviling
      • nitpicking
      • quibbling

    Similar words in the pettifogging

      • critical

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