Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pettifogged}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Pettifogging}.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
   To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business
   in a petty or tricky way. ``He takes no money, but pettifogs
   gratis.'' --S. Butler.

Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. t.
   To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to
   pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]

Source : WordNet®

pettifog
     v : argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
         [syn: {quibble}, {niggle}, {bicker}, {squabble}, {brabble}]
     [also: {pettifogging}, {pettifogged}]