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• n  an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
  her salary is peanuts compared to his
• n  underground pod of the peanut vine
• n  widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
• n  a young child who is small for his age
• n  pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

• A year ago, members of the same Zaragoza crowd pelted Eto'o with peanuts, and in January Zaragoza were fined after a group of supporters hurled racist taunts at Real Betis .
• In addition to peanuts, he is allergic to lentils, beans, peas, tree nuts, sesame and shellfish.
• If the shell (which I don't eat) and the peanuts (which I do eat) weigh about the same amount, then I consume an average of about 3.

• peanut
• peanut vine
• Arachis hypogaea
• earthnut
• goober
• goober pea
• groundnut
• monkey nut

News & Articles

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• Man somehow knew thieves didn’t want his peanuts
  A man who just bought peanuts at a gas station convenience store a few minutes after midnight was approached by three men with a handgun as he exited the building in the 4300 block of Riverside Drive.
  June 15, 2013 - Dayton Daily News
• Cardinals Confidential: Food At Busch Stadium
  (KTVI)- Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack…and a gourmet hot dog. Tasty food is a huge part of the...
  June 15, 2013 - FOX 2 News St. Louis
• Game Day Gourmet
  With all due respect to Jack Norworth, the American songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” in 1908, peanuts and Cracker Jack just aren’t cutting it for many baseball fans. Gourmet hot dogs and exclusive chef tasting experiences, though? Now we’re talking. Our Forbes Travel Guide team has compiled an all-star roster of five baseball parks that have stepped up to the concession plate ...
  June 14, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• AI Bezzerides in Los Angeles Times
  I had no idea whether it was guilt or conscience, or greed to swindle more stories out of me, for peanuts, that motivated Warner Bros. to offer me a seven-year contract, with options to be exercised every six months,Bezzerides wrote in the...
• Roger Federer in Newsweek
  I don't quit once I step on court,said Federer, who noted he had a stomach ailment earlier in the week. "Normally, best-of-three match, it's peanuts. So it was a pity I couldn't handle it today. Pretty happy I don't have a match tomorrow,...
• Charles Grassley in Forbes
  From a small-business standpoint, the House bill was a peanut shell, the Senate bill was peanuts, and the conference agreement is a single shriveled peanut. It is a missed opportunity,said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.