Peanuts
['pi:nʌts]
Definition
(noun.) an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; 'her salary is peanuts compared to his'.
Checked by Irving--From WordNet
Examples
- After the peanuts have reached their full growth, they are dug up very much in the same way as potatoes, a machine potato digger now being extensively used for this purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We would simply suggest that the practice of vulgar young boys in the gallery of shying peanuts and paper pellets at the tigers, and saying Hi-yi! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Peanuts are really the seeds or pods of a plant belonging to the family called the earthnut in Great Britain, the nuts there being used chiefly to fatten swine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- How do Peanuts Get in the Ground? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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