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pettifog
▪ I. pettifog, v. (ˈpɛtɪfɒg) [app. a back-formation from pettifogger: cf. fog v.3 and pettifogging.] 1. intr. To act as a pettifogger; to plead or conduct a petty case in a minor court of law; to practise legal chicanery; also transf., to wrangle or quibble about small petty points.1611 Cotgr., Chic... Oxford English Dictionary
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pettifogging
▪ I. pettifogging, vbl. n. (ˈpɛtɪfɒgɪŋ) [f. as pettifog v. + -ing1.] The action of a pettifogger; legal trickery; chicanery, pettifoggery; quibbling.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Chicanerie, pety⁓fogging. 1611 Cotgr., Chicanerie, wrangling, pettifogging; litigious or craftie pleading. 1630 R. John... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hair Brained
Cast Brendan Fraser as Leo Searly Alex Wolff as Eli Pettifog Parker Posey as Sheila Pettifog Julia Garner as Shauna Holder Michael Oberholtzer as Laird wikipedia.org
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Esquire legal definition of Esquire - TheFreeDictionary.com Legal ...
esquire. n. a form of address showing that someone is an attorney, usually written Albert Pettifog, Esquire, or simply Esq. Originally in England an Esquire was a rank above just "gentleman" and below "knight." It became a title for barristers, sheriffs, and judges.
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Jonathan Hole
Pettifog 1959: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake .... Funeral Director (uncredited) 1959: Beloved Infidel .... Dr. wikipedia.org
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chicane
▪ I. chicane, n. (ʃɪˈkeɪn) [a. F. chicane. F. chicane, chicaner, chicanerie, chicaneur, are unknown to the other Romanic langs. So far as the evidence goes, chicanerie is considerably older than chicane, which latter looks like a derivative of the verb. Littré and Devic think the French derived from... Oxford English Dictionary
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List of English back-formations
paramedic from paramedical partake from partaker patriation from repatriation pea from Middle English pease peddle from peddler peeve from peevish pettifog wikipedia.org
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mist
▪ I. mist, n.1 (mɪst) Forms: 1– mist; also 3 mijst, 3–6 myste, 4–7 myst, miste, (5 meyst). [OE. mist str. masc. = MLG. (LG.), MDu. (Du.) mist, Icel. mistur (genit. misturs) neut. (Norw., Sw. mist):—OTeut. *mihstoz-, f. mī̆g-:—pre-Teut. *migh-, meigh-, as in Gr. ὀµίχλη, OSl. mĭgla, Skr. mih and mēgha... Oxford English Dictionary
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