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Pettifogger
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PETTIFOGGER. One who pretends to be a lawyer, but possessing neither knowledge, law, nor conscience.
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will have to convince Sharon that this is a very serious crisis and that Bush won't put up with any more pettifoggery.
The road map to Middle East peace--speed bumps and all by Curtiss, Richard H. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
These stereotypes have led to a lack of communication and interaction, even to the belief that the two groups have different psychological profiles--one introspective and incapable of dealing with people, the other extroverted and too large-minded to be bothered with the pettifoggery of cataloging.
Values for human-to-human reference by Gorman, Michael / Library Trends
But having experienced firsthand the High Priests' obsession with enforcing irrelevant regulations and their zeal for bureaucratic pettifoggery, I've reached an opposite conclusion.
Yes, but where are your credits in Recess Management 101? by Ohanian, Susan / Washington Monthly
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