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Definition of Pettifog

Pettifog
Pettifog Pet"ti*fog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.] To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. ``He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.' --S. Butler.
Pettifog
Pettifog Pet"ti*fog, v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]

Meaning of Pettifog from wikipedia

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