NOUN | group | peanut gallery | (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) |
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artifact | peanut gallery, second balcony, family circle, upper balcony | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats / seats |
Meaning | (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). | |
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Example | "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery" | |
Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
Meaning | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats / seats. | |
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Synonyms | second balcony, family circle, upper balcony | |
Part of | balcony | An upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium |
Broader | area | A part of a structure having some specific characteristic / characteristic or function |
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