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Pettifogger

nounid 113964·updated May 18, 2026
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a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
quibblershyster
plural
Pettifoggers
possessive
Pettifogger's
pluralpossessive
Pettifoggers'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a disputant who quibbles
§2
a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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