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    pet·ti·fog
    [ˈpedēˌfôɡ, ˈpedēˌfäɡ]
    verb
    archaic
    pettifog (verb) · pettifogs (third person present) · pettifogged (past tense) · pettifogged (past participle) · pettifogging (present participle)
    1. quibble about petty points:
      "they pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard"
      • practice legal deception or trickery:
        "he will rather pettifog and turn common barrator than be out of employment"
    Origin
    early 17th century: back-formation from pettifogger.
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    verb
    1. quibble about petty points:
      protest
      query
      argument
      exception
      moan
      grumble
      grouse
      cavil
      twine
      pettifogging
      split hairs
      chop logic
      criticize
      fault
      pick
      minor criticism
      trivial objection
      trivial complaint
      adverse comment
      find fault with
      raise trivial objections to
      complain about
      object to
      cavil at
      carp about
      holes in
       

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