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Noun: pettifoggery
  1. A quarrel about petty points
    - bicker, bickering, spat [informal], tiff [informal], squabble, fuss, brannigan [US, informal]

Derived forms: pettifoggeries

Type of: barney [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bust-up [informal], ding-dong [Brit, informal], dustup [informal], dust-up, quarrel, row[2], run-in [informal], slanging match [Brit, informal], words, wrangle

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