peanut gallery definition by Wordo

Noun

In

the

nineteenth

century

,

the

cheap

seats

at

the

back

of

a

theatre

or

in

the

upper

balcony

.<

ref

>

This

sense

of

the

peanut

gallery

as

an

undesirable

but

available

place

to

enjoy

a

performance

is

illustrated

in

Robert

Ames

Bennett

'

s

Western

novel

, "

Into

the

Primitive

" (

NY

:

A

.

L

.

Burt

,

Co

.

1908

),

p

.

280

: "

But

give

me

a

chance

to

hear

good

music

,

and

I

’

m

there

,

if

I

have

to

stand

in

the

peanut

gallery

." ref

>