pettifog | (vi) โต้เถียงเรื่องเล็กน้อย, See also: โต้เถียงเรื่องไร้สาระ, Syn. practice chicanery |
pettifog | (เพท'ทะฟอก) vi. โต้เถียงในเรื่องเล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ , เป็นหมอความเรื่องเล็ก ๆ น้อย ๆ , ใช้เล่ห์เหลี่ยมของทนายความ, โยเย, เล่นลิ้น, See also: pettifogger n. pettifoggery n. |
pettifogging |
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 |
Pettifog | v. i. |
Pettifog | v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; |
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.; 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 ] |
Haarspalter { m } | hairsplitter; pettifogger [Add to Longdo] |
rechtsverdrehend | pettifogging [Add to Longdo] |
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] |