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pettifoggery

noun
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As a noun, pettifoggery means the actions of a pettifogger.

Meanings of pettifoggery

2 meanings

noun

  1. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.

    “He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery.”

  2. A quarrel about petty points

    Similar: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, fuss

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noun: a quarrel about petty points
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