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peanut gallery
DEFINITIONS OF:
peanut gallery
1
n
(figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance)
“he ignored complaints from the
peanut gallery
”
Type of:
people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
n
rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
Synonyms:
family circle
,
second balcony
,
upper balcony
Type of:
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
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