Category:Pettifog

Pet"ti*fog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging.] Etym: [petty + fog to pettifog.]

Defn: 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.

Pettifog Pet"ti*fog, v. t.

Defn: to advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to Pettifog a claim. [colloq.]