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What is a peanut gallery?

What is a peanut gallery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) In the nineteenth century, the cheap seats at the back of a theatre or in the upper balcony.
  2. (historical) The upper balcony in racially segregated venues such as a theatre to which black patrons were restricted.
  3. (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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Up in the peanut gallery the gods began to indulge in catcalls and make personal inquiries.
That lack of specificity didn't stop members of the Republican peanut gallery from criticizing, however.
Mr. Tom Lukiwski: We have a lot of shots from the cheap seats, the peanut gallery over there.
Mr. Pat Martin: As soon as the peanut gallery finishes, Mr. Speaker, I will continue.
I was rooting him on, along with the others in his small but fervent peanut gallery.
This must have been the unanimous intention of the Perry populace, for the peanut gallery was a bower of fashion.

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