pettifogger / (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə) /

雾化器雾状物小猪佩奇宠物狗

pettifogger 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
  2. any person who quibbles or fusses over details

pettifogger 近义词

pettifogger

等同于 shyster

pettifogger

等同于 ambulance chaser

pettifogger

等同于 caviler

pettifogger

等同于 impostor

更多pettifogger例句

  1. Now, which was the best pedigree, that of the son of the pastry-cook, or that of the son of the pettifogger?
  2. Thinking it well beneath me to measure words with this knavish pettifogger, I looked beyond him and spoke to his master.
  3. A happy thought suggested itself—one worthy of the unscrupulous theological pettifogger that he is.
  4. Pettifogger, pet′i-fog-ėr, n. a lawyer who practises only in paltry cases.
  5. Anything can be proved by two false witnesses—thinks the pettifogger.