PETTIFOGGER


Meaning of PETTIFOGGER in English

noun

an unscrupulous lawyer

done out of his rights by a slick pettifogger

Synonyms: jackleg lawyer, shyster; compare lawyer

Related Word: ambulance chaser, Philadelphia lawyer; ||bush lawyer

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