pettifoggery

Other forms: pettifoggeries

Definitions of pettifoggery
  1. noun
    a quarrel about petty points
    synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff
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    type of:
    dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle
    an angry dispute
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