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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for pettifogger:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pettifogger
    n 1: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses
         unscrupulous or unethical methods [syn: shyster,
         pettifogger]
    2: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
       objections [syn: quibbler, caviller, caviler,
       pettifogger]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pettifogger \Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
   A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
   are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
   [1913 Webster]

         A pettifogger was lord chancellor.       --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PETTIFOGGER. One who pretends to be a lawyer, but possessing neither 
knowledge, law, nor conscience.
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