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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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pettifogging
pettifogging/ˈpetɪfɔgɪŋ; `pɛtɪˌfɑɡɪŋ/ adj(a) (of a person) paying too much attention to unimportant detail, esp in an argument （指人）吹毛求疵的, 挑剔的（尤指在争论中的）.(b) unimportant; trivial 不重要的; 琐碎的 pettifogging details, objections, etc 无关宏旨的细节、 异议等. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Tawfique Nawaz
Sobhan described as "a pettifogging journeyman advocate of little distinction" who had failed the bar multiple times trying to becoming a barrister. wikipedia.org
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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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Kehrwoche
The Kehrwoche is often cited as something highly characteristic of Swabians or of Wurttemberg, often seen as proving their pettifogging obsession with wikipedia.org
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pettifoggery
pettifoggery (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒgərɪ) [f. prec. + -y.] Pettifogging practice; legal chicanery.1653 Milton Hirelings 62 The last and lowest sort of thir arguments, that men purchas'd not thir tithe with thir land, and such like pettifoggerie, I omitt. a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxvi. 306 Under-hand trick... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Lion, the Bear and the Fox
property: 'When people go to law about an uncertain title, and have spent their whole estates in the contest, nothing is more common than for some little pettifogging wikipedia.org
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bumbailiff
bumbailiff (ˈbʌmˈbeɪlɪf) Forms: 7 bumbaylie, 7, 9 dial. -baily, 7 -bayliff(e, 7– -bailiff. [app. f. bum n.1 + bailiff: i.e. the bailiff that is close at the debtor's back, or that catches him in the rear. Cf. the F. equivalent pousse-cul, colloquially shortened to cul, precisely like the Eng. bum.] ... Oxford English Dictionary
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pimping
▪ I. ˈpimping, a. [Of uncertain origin; dialectally pimpy is found in same sense. Cf. pimp n.2, and Cornish dial. pimpey weak watery cider; also Du. pimpel weak little man, Ger. pimpelig effeminate, sickly, puling, which imply a stem pimp.] Small, trifling, insignificant, peddling, paltry, petty, me... Oxford English Dictionary
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brabbling
▪ I. brabbling, vbl. n. (ˈbræblɪŋ) [f. brabble v.] 1. † a. Cavilling, ‘hair-splitting’ (obs.). b. Wrangling, noisy quarrelling.1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 410/2 To beare and abide the brablyng of Tindals tonge. 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. (1634) Pref., With..sophisticall brabblings. 1614 Raleig... Oxford English Dictionary
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brokerly
† ˈbrokerly, a. and adv. Obs. [f. broker n. + -ly1, -ly2.] A. adj. Of the nature of, or like a broker; pettifogging, huckstering.1592 Nashe P. Penilesse (ed. 2) 9 a, A certaine kind of a brokerly gentleman. 1610 B. Jonson Alch. iv. vii. (1616) 663 A brokerly slaue. 1611 Cotgr., Mangonne, a Brokers w... Oxford English Dictionary
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leguleian
leguleian, a. and n. (lɛgjuːˈliːan) [f. L. lēgulēï-us a pettifogger (f. lēg-, lex law) + -an.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to petty questions of law or to law language; pettifogging. rare.1677 Needham 2nd Pacquet Adv. 21 It is a small matter with our Factious Leguleian Scriblers to form up Opinions upo... Oxford English Dictionary
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ambidextrous
ambidextrous, -erous, a. (ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstrəs) [f. med.L. ambidexter + -ous.] = ambidexter. 1. Able to use both hands alike.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 188 Not considering ambi⁓dextrous and left handed men. 1751 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Women, according to the observation of Hippocrates, are never ambidext... Oxford English Dictionary
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merchantly
† ˈmerchantly, a. Obs. [f. merchant n. + -ly1.] a. Of or pertaining to a merchant. b. In disparaging sense: Huckstering, pettifogging.1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 An eniuersal [sic] marchantly formallity, in habitte, speach, gestures. 1647 Clarendon Hist. Reb. v. §324 Tho' it might have some influenc... Oxford English Dictionary
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well-matched
well-matched, ppl. a.1687 Dryden Hind & P. i. 356 And sacrilege and she, A well-match'd pair, got graceless heresie. 1749 G. West tr. Pindar, Olymp. Odes v. (1753) I. 46 The well-match'd Coursers. 1807 Crabbe Par. Reg. ii. 358 Now to be wed a well-match'd couple came. 1837 Dickens Pickw. liii, You a... Oxford English Dictionary
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