peanut gallery

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peanut gallery Definition

• (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"
• (n) rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats

peanut gallery Synonyms

• family circle
• peanut gallery
• second balcony
• upper balcony