Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PETTIFOGGER
n.An inferior attorney or lawyer who is employed in small or mean business.
PETTIFOGGERY
n.The practice of a pettifogger; tricks; quibbles.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PETTIFOGGER
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
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pettifogger
pet ti fog ger |ˈpetēˌfôgər, -ˌfäg -ˈpɛdifɔɡər | ▶noun archaic an inferior legal practitioner, esp. one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhanded dealer, ’ probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg, Germany, in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Oxford Dictionary
pettifogger
petti |fog |ger |ˈpɛtɪfɒgə | ▶noun archaic an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhand dealer ’, probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th and 16th cents.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pettifoggery
pet ti fog gery /pétifɑ̀ɡ (ə )ri |-fɔ̀ɡ -/名詞 U ささいな [つまらない ]ことにこだわること ; ごまかし .
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