petty-fogging

English

Verb

petty-fogging

1. present participle and gerund of petty-fog

Adjective

petty-fogging (comparative more petty-fogging, superlative most petty-fogging)

1. Alternative form of pettyfogging
   • 2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, pages 213–214:

     In his opinion, the English hospitals 'have got Colonials well set because we won't stand for their petty-fogging ways.