peanuts
noun
a trifling amount of money
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peanuts
British
/ ˈpiːˌnʌts /
noun
“Peanuts”
Cultural
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That’s bad news for his company, Clovergrass Produce, and its crop of soybeans, cucumbers, peanuts and corn plus his herd of beef cattle.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
His shirt listed five priorities, in order: Affordability, good experience, safety, peanuts, fan surveys.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Hunter Kornfeind, senior macro energy analyst of Rapid Energy Group, said the scale of any release would be "peanuts" in comparison to the demand.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Both leaders had famously tough childhoods -- Lee worked in a sweatshop to support his family, while Lula dropped out of school to sell peanuts and shine shoes.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
Then she herself takes a handful of peanuts and puts them, like a schoolgirl, one by one in her mouth.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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