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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: pettifogger (0.00777 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to pettifogger.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pettifogger
pettifogger
n 1: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses
unscrupulous or unethical methods [syn:
shyster]
2: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
objections [syn:
quibbler,
caviller,
caviler]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pettifogger
Pettifogger
\Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
[1913 Webster]
A pettifogger was lord chancellor. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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