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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

peanuts

/ˈpiˌnʌts/

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What does peanuts mean?

noun

  1. plural of peanut
  2. (figuratively, informal) Especially of a salary: a very insufficient or small amount.

verb

  1. 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.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
A cadaverous little boy had appeared in their aisle, chanting, “Candies, French mixed candies, popcorn, peanuts and candy.”
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
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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.
Frederica SeegerEntertainments for Home, Church and SchoolProject Gutenberg ebook #6416
Large quantities are used for feeding parrots and poultry, or consumed by the Russian Hebrews who eat them as we would eat peanuts.
Bolton HallThree Acres and LibertyProject Gutenberg ebook #4509
Needles, pins, peanuts, fruit-stones, peas, grape-seeds, and many similar objects have been found in both normal and suppurative vermiform appendices.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747