pettifogger
US // (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə) //
雾化器,雾状物,小猪佩奇,宠物狗
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
- : any person who quibbles or fusses over details
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Now, which was the best pedigree, that of the son of the pastry-cook, or that of the son of the pettifogger?
Thinking it well beneath me to measure words with this knavish pettifogger, I looked beyond him and spoke to his master.
A happy thought suggested itself—one worthy of the unscrupulous theological pettifogger that he is.
Pettifogger, pet′i-fog-ėr, n. a lawyer who practises only in paltry cases.
Anything can be proved by two false witnesses—thinks the pettifogger.
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