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peanuts
/ˈpiˌnʌts/
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What does peanuts mean?
noun
- plural of peanut
- (figuratively, informal) Especially of a salary: a very insufficient or small amount.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of peanut
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Agriculture and fishing are the main economic activities, with cashew nuts, peanuts, and palm kernels the primary exports.
A cadaverous little boy had appeared in their aisle, chanting, “Candies, French mixed candies, popcorn, peanuts and candy.”
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He may eat all the peanuts he finds, after the contest is decided, but a lesson in unselfishness is here possible.
Large quantities are used for feeding parrots and poultry, or consumed by the Russian Hebrews who eat them as we would eat peanuts.
Needles, pins, peanuts, fruit-stones, peas, grape-seeds, and many similar objects have been found in both normal and suppurative vermiform appendices.