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Definition of Pettifoggers
1. pettifogger [n] - See also: pettifogger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettifoggers
Literary usage of Pettifoggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New Hampshire by New Hampshire Constitutional Convention (1877)
"I would like to know where the gentleman learned about these pettifoggers.
When men of high integrity, and of good standing, and learned in the law, ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... pettifoggers, and »publican plotters cannot well live without it. Collier.
This is л figurative expression, where the words are used in a different ..."
3. Martin Luther on the Bondage of the Will: Written in Answer to the Diatribe by Martin Luther (1823)
"... have I myself, by my silence only, so utterly brought to nothing that no memory
of them is left. Cato calls such pettifoggers, and allows all their ..."
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