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English noun: peanut gallery

1. peanut gallery (group) (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)


SamplesHe ignored complaints from the peanut gallery.


Broader (hypernym)people

2. peanut gallery (artifact) rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats


Synonymsfamily circle, second balcony, upper balcony


Broader (hypernym)area


Part meronymbalcony









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