PETTIFOGGER


Meaning of PETTIFOGGER in English

n. 1 a rascally lawyer; an inferior legal practitioner. 2 a petty practitioner in any activity. pettifoggery n. pettifogging adj.

[ PETTY + fogger underhand dealer, prob. f. Fugger family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th-16th c. ]

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