List of synonyms from "petitioner" to synonyms from "petty sum"


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Definition of the day : « pettifogging »

  • verb quibble
Example sentences :
  • The issues involved are too big and far-reaching for pettifogging methods.
  • Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
  • Why, you would not take such a pettifogging advantage of an old comrade as that.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • It was just as well not to have a pettifogging lawyer to deal with.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
  • None of your pettifogging tribe for me: I shall step to the front, and stay there.
  • Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant
  • The pettifogging of disobliging illwill could go no further.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Post Office in British North America » by William Smith
  • A snap judgment was to be taken by these pettifogging diplomats.
  • Extract from : « The Evidence in the Case » by James M. Beck
  • They will go on with their pettifogging and their pawnbroking, and that is enough reward for them.
  • Extract from : « The Inhabitants of the Philippines » by Frederic H. Sawyer
  • Their President is a low person, and all their ideas of government are pettifogging.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Scarborough's Family » by Anthony Trollope
  • But there is a pettifogging cult about that says you ought to know these things; moreover, children keep on asking one.
  • Extract from : « Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694] » by Christopher Darlington Morley
  • Then what is all your pettifogging about technicalities worth?
  • Extract from : « The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) » by Ida Husted Harper