Defn: To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]
PETTIFOGGER
Pet"ti*fog`ger, n.
Defn: A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer. A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay.
PETTIFOGGERY
Pet"ti*fog`ger*y, n.; pl. -ies (.
Defn: The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
quibbles.
Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow.
PETTIFOGGING
Pet"ti*fog`ging, a.
Defn: Paltry; quibbling; mean.
PETTIFOGGING
Pet"ti*fog`ging, n.
Defn: Pettifoggery.
PETTIFOGULIZE
Pet`ti*fog"u*lize, v. i.