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Definition of Pettifoggeries
1. pettifoggery [n] - See also: pettifoggery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettifoggeries
Literary usage of Pettifoggeries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow by Isaac Barrow (1830)
"It must erect judicatories, and must decide causes with formality of legal process;
whence tedious suits, crafty pleadings, quirks of law and pettifoggeries ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... must " erect judicatories and decide causes with formality of legal process ;
whence tedious suits, crafty pleadings, quirks of law and pettifoggeries, ..."
3. A History of English-Canadian Literature to the Confederation: Its Relation by Ray Palmer Baker (1920)
"... it will always be valuable: the inefficiencies of Downing Street and the
pettifoggeries of the Governor's Cabinet have universal significance. ..."
4. The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow by Isaac Barrow, William Whewell (1859)
"It must erect judicatories, and must decide causes with formality of legal process;
whence tedious suits, crafty pleadings, quirks of law and pettifoggeries ..."
5. Embassies and Foreign Courts: A History of Diplomacy by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, Roving Englishman (1855)
"All are agreed that it is one of the most unworthy of crimes and pettifoggeries;
the only difference among them appears to be as to who shall give it the ..."
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