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  • 31petty — adjective 1) petty regulations Syn: trivial, trifling, minor, small, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, negligible, paltry, footling, pettifogging; informal piffling, piddling, fiddling Ant …

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  • 32petty — adjective 1) petty regulations Syn: trivial, trifling, minor, insignificant, inconsequential, footling; informal piffling 2) a petty form of revenge Syn: small minded, mean, shabby, spiteful …

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  • 33petty — [ˈpeti] adj 1) not important and not worth worrying about petty arguments[/ex] 2) behaving badly towards other people, because you care too much about something that is not really important 3) minor a petty criminal/thief/offender[/ex] …

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  • 34Petty — /ˈpɛti/ (say petee) noun Bruce Leslie, born 1929, Australian cartoonist, caricaturist and documentary filmmaker. Bruce Petty was born in Melbourne and studied at RMIT. He then undertook studies in London, Europe, the US and Asia from 1954 to 1961 …

  • 35petty — See petty, paltry, trivial …

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  • 36petty — adj. Petty is used with these nouns: ↑annoyance, ↑argument, ↑cash, ↑corruption, ↑crime, ↑criminal, ↑dispute, ↑feud, ↑fight, ↑jealousy, ↑offence, ↑office …

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  • 37petty —   Li ili i loa.    ♦ Petty officer, ali i palapala ho okohu ole …

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  • 38Petty Enterprises — Eigentümer Kyle Petty Richard Petty Rennserie(n) Sprint Cup Meisterschaften 10 (Sprint Cup) Startnummer(n) …

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  • 39Petty Officer — est une catégorie de sous officiers de certaines marines militaires anglophones. Il peut se traduire par officier marinier mais correspond plus exactement au terme de «maître» des marines francophones. La marine canadienne utilise notamment le… …

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  • 40Petty Island — (also Pettys Island; [Pursuant to an official decision of the Board on Geographic Names of the United States Geological Survey in 1891, the official name is Petty Island ; see gnis|879261] but typically spelled Petty s Island by area residents)… …

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