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pettifoggery

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Pettifoggery (noun) means Petty, quibbling behaviour, or a small dispute caused by it.

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Petty, quibbling behaviour, or a small dispute caused by it.
"He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery."
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What is the meaning of pettifoggery?
"pettifoggery" (noun) means petty, quibbling behaviour, or a small dispute caused by it.
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Other words for "pettifoggery" include squabble, tiff, fuss, bicker, bickering, spat.

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