PETTIFOG


Meaning of PETTIFOG in English

■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged ) archaic

1》 quibble about petty points.

2》 practise legal deception or trickery.

Derivatives

~gery noun

Origin

C17: back-form. from ~ger .

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