peanut-gallery
Nouns
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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
- (n) rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats family circle, second balcony, upper balcony,