Pettifoggers [noun]
Definition of Pettifoggers:
unscrupulous lawyer; swindler
Opposite/Antonyms of Pettifoggers:
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Sentence/Example of Pettifoggers:
Bear witness, I pray you all,” said the Pettifogger, “as to what the knave called me.
I never said you were a pettifogger, or a scoundrel; but I did say you were little Else.
He was a pettifogger; their (the Smiths') cat-paw to do their dirty work.
Now which was the best pedigree, that of the son of the pastry-cook, or that of the son of the pettifogger?
Now, which was the best pedigree, that of the son of the pastry-cook, or that of the son of the pettifogger?
Anything can be proved by two false witnesses—thinks the pettifogger.
In the first place, the pettifogger made a large haul for his services.
He is akin to the street boy in his habits, and to the pettifogger by fate.
My opponent was what was known in the States as a pettifogger.
He perhaps mistakes me for what you call a—a pettifogger, is it not?