How to pronounce “peanut gallery”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (historical) In the nineteenth century, the cheap seats at the back of a theatre or in the upper balcony.[1]
• (historical) The upper balcony to which black patrons were restricted in racially segregated venues such as theatres.[2]
• (idiomatic) Any source of heckling, unwelcome commentary or criticism, especially from a know-it-all or of an inexpert nature. May also now refer to general audience response: "Let's hear it from the peanut gallery."

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