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pettifogging en · NOUN
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pettifoggery
[…] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]
1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:It's lots of other pettifogging, degrading things. Things you have to endure, things you never have to think about until they happen to you.
1967, Agatha Christie, Endless Night:
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pettifogging en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of pettifog