What does petty-fog mean?
Petty-fog means Alternative form of pettifog..
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Alternative form of pettifog..
By works of darkness hopes to rise to day, And damns a brief, and petty-fogs a play; Cabals and plots, and wriggles for a name, And shrinks and withers at a rival's fame;
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Petty-fog means Alternative form of pettifog..
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By works of darkness hopes to rise to day, And damns a brief, and petty-fogs a play; Cabals and plots, and wriggles for a name, And shrinks and withers at a rival's fame;
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