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    [Noun]  | "pet*ti*fog*ger" | \ ˈpe-tē-ˌfȯ-gər \


    1: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : shyster

    2: one given to quibbling over trifles


    Origin: 1564 ;

     Probably from petty + obsolete English fogger pettifogger;

    [Noun]  | "pettifogger" 


    2: as in hairsplitter, quibbler;


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     [ "Pettifogger" ]

    1: Some one who tries to confuse others with their speech.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Sam is such a pettifogger! 

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