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单词 pettifog
释义

pettifog

verb

pet·​ti·​fog
ˈpetēˌfäg,
-etē-,
-fȯg
pettifogged; pettifogged; pettifogging; pettifogs

intransitive verb

1
: to engage in legal chicanery
2
: to quibble over insignificant details : cavil, bicker

transitive verb

: to plead (as a case) with legal chicanery

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from pettifogger

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