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Origin
Seth Pecksniff, a sanctimonious surveyor and architect “who has never designed or built anything”, appears in Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844).
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APA
Pecksniff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pecksniff
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“Pecksniff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pecksniff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pecksniff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pecksniff.
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