Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pettifogger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pettifogger \Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
A pettifogger was lord chancellor. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pettifogger
n 1: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses
unscrupulous or unethical methods [syn: {shyster}]
2: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
objections [syn: {quibbler}, {caviller}, {caviler}]
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