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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: pettifog, -pettifog-
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
pettifog(vi) โต้เถียงเรื่องเล็กน้อย, See also: โต้เถียงเรื่องไร้สาระ, Syn. practice chicanery

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
pettifog(เพท'ทะฟอก) vi. โต้เถียงในเรื่องเล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ , เป็นหมอความเรื่องเล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ , ใช้เล่ห์เหลี่ยมของทนายความ, โยเย, เล่นลิ้น, See also: pettifogger n. pettifoggery n.

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
pettifogging

WordNet (3.0)
bicker(n) a quarrel about petty points, Syn. bickering, squabble, fuss, tiff, spat, pettifoggery
quibble(v) argue over petty things, Syn. squabble, pettifog, niggle, bicker, brabble
quibbler(n) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections, Syn. caviler, caviller, pettifogger
shyster(n) a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods, Syn. pettifogger

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Pettifog

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pettifogged p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging ] [ Petty + fog to pettifog. ] 1. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. “He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.” S. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To debate or quarrel over unimportant, trifling matters. [ PJC ]

3. To use subterfuge, deception, or flattery for any purpose; to practice chicanery. [ PJC ]

Pettifog

v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pettifogger

n. A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pettifoggery

n.; pl. pettifoggeries The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles; chicanery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pettifogging

a. Paltry; quibbling; mean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pettifogging

n. Pettifoggery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pettifogulize

v. i. To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Haarspalter { m }hairsplitter; pettifogger [Add to Longdo]
rechtsverdrehendpettifogging [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
三百代言[さんびゃくだいげん, sanbyakudaigen] (n) (1) (derog) pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster; (2) casuist; sophist [Add to Longdo]

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