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单词 pettifogger
释义 pet·ti·fog·ger
\-gə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from petty + obsolete English fogger pettifogger, perhaps irregular from Fugger, 15th & 16th century German family of financiers and merchants
1. : a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : shyster
 < a gentleman of the law — there was nothing of the pettifogger about him — George Borrow >
2. : one given to quibbling over insignificant details
 < a ringing indictment of all the proud and cautious pettifoggers who could agree only on what could not be done — Time >
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