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pettifogging

adjective as in piddling

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Example Sentences

He is only a pettifogging country Squire, whose views on the Land Question are ob-solete in tot-to.

Dare not say it is, or I will, upon the spot, divorce your pettifogging soul from your carrion carcass!

By conforming to the Laws of this Universe; instead of trying by pettifogging to evade and profitably contradict them.

I think you're nothing but a pettifogging lawyer—that there ain't no partner, and I'm no better'n a fool to talk to you.

The pettifogging objections to some social plan had very little chance of survival owing to the dynamic power of the reformers.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pettifogging, such as: captious, carping, fussy, hairsplitting, hard-to-please, and hypercritical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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