Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
pettifogger .
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- noun Someone who
quibbles overtrifles .
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Examples
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_ Ay, from you; and the favour is, that before you honor me with the appellation of scoundrel, villain, pettyfogger, and some other such little genteel epithets, you will be pleased to examine my title to such distinctions.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Samuel James Arnold 1813
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