Pettifogger - Obscure Word of the Day - April 5, 2008

pettifogger - pet ti fog ger

1) a lawyer or politician who uses petty, mean, cheating methods
2) any inferior person who uses petty, mean, cheating methods

Two pettifoggers engaged in chicanery.


A modern pettifogger.

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Obscure word of the day April 5, 2008