pettifoggery

Noun
Synonyms: bickerbickeringspattiffsquabblefuss

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Noun (1)pettifoggeries

  1. a quarrel about petty pointsSynonyms: bickerbickeringspattiffsquabblefussType of quarrel, wrangle

Related words brabble verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pet′ti·fog′ger·y noun; pl. pettifoggeries (…).

The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles; chicanery.

Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries.— Isaac Barrow

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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