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pettifogging

verb

Meaning

  1. To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
  2. To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.
  3. Pettifoggery

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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