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peanut gallery

DEFINITIONS OF: peanut gallery

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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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