| petti |
| petticoat | (n) undergarment worn under a skirt, Syn. half-slip, underskirt |
| petticoated | (adj) wearing or furnished with a petticoat, Example: petticoated ladies; a petticoated table |
| pettily | (adv) in a petty way |
| pettiness | (n) narrowness of mind or ideas or views |
| pettiness | (n) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous, Syn. puniness, triviality, slightness |
| pettiness | (n) lack of generosity in trifling matters, Syn. littleness, smallness |
| petting zoo | (n) a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed |
| Pettichaps | n. (Zool.) See Pettychaps. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Petticoat | n. (Zool.) [ Petty + coat. ] A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| petticoated | adj. |
| 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 ] |