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Significados de pettifoggery en inglés

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A quarrel about petty points.

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      Sinónimos
      Examples for "spat"
      Examples for "spat"
      1
      The latest diplomatic spat came as violence along the Israel-Gaza border simmered.
      The Guardian
      2
      Anyway, in this case, the number it spat out was your age.
      The Irish Times
      3
      I spat, none too pleased with my situation, press-ganged into mercenary service.
      The Wise Man’s Fear
      4
      Following the spat, Trump signed an executive order to regulate social media.
      Reuters
      5
      This is Mr Trump's second high-profile spat with a female news anchor.
      Radio NZ
      1
      The league has come and gone without fuss; wait for the championship.
      The Irish Times
      2
      The newscaster had made a fuss over that issue also, of course.
      Cauldron of Ghosts
      3
      Grandmother wanted most of all to save the family money & fuss.
      The new yorker
      4
      There are often days when I want something tasty with minimal fuss.
      The Guardian
      5
      Why all the fuss, if Ireland is fully funded until next year?
      The Irish Times
      1
      Well you young people are impressionable.' She again started moaning and bickering.
      Metro 2033
      2
      We know there was a long, earlier era of bickering machine probes.
      Existence
      3
      And it represents a calamity far beyond the bickering of local lords.
      News.com.au
      4
      The parents were bickering, perhaps about how she had gotten that way.
      The lovers
      5
      Einstein was the only thinker in a century gone mad from bickering.
      Hunters Out of Space
      1
      The politicians just shout and squabble and all of Europe knows it.
      Reuters
      2
      Cross-border banks may prove harder to resolve if authorities squabble over losses.
      Reuters
      3
      Later we may squabble, just the way I do with Walt now.
      Earth Abides
      4
      Now divine attention has become a resource that they must squabble for.
      Children of Time
      5
      Once they are in there they can talk and squabble for hours.
      The Irish Times
      1
      I do not think that I am in a tiff, Sir Francis.
      Kept in the Dark
      2
      He privately thought the girl might have gone off in a tiff.
      Salem’s Lot
      3
      They parted in a tiff-that'sthe way she got rid of him.
      Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...
      4
      We had a slight tiff, and she has bolted off to Meran.
      The Darling and Other Stories
      5
      They had a little tiff on account of Johnson's Edition of Shakspeare.
      Samuel Johnson
      1
      Before we can bicker any further, the sheriff walks into the courtroom.
      Lone Wolf
      2
      He could not bear to hear his parents bicker any longer.
      William and harry
      3
      They can bicker and brawl to their hearts' content, it makes no difference.
      Helen of troy
      4
      It is never good news when two of the world's biggest economies bicker.
      Reuters
      5
      The current suspects get to bicker in a stylish basement with insulated walls.
      The Irish Times
      Uso de pettifoggery en inglés
      1
      Do you take for philosophy this twaddle, this intolerable pettifoggery adorned with a few scholastic trimmings?
      What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ...
      2
      "I must observe that this whole proceeding smacks of pettifoggery and chicanery."
      The sealed letter
      Translations for pettifoggery
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      Pettifoggery a través del tiempo