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    What is the origin of the term 'peanut gallery?'

    Question #5568. Asked by Rachel. (Aug 31 00 5:19 PM)


    bobby i

    		Bleacher where the child guests sat on the Howdy DOODY sHOW.

    Aug 31 00, 10:38 PM
    Brainyblonde

    		Peanut Gallery is American slang dating to 1888 referring to the balcony section of a theater--presumably from hoi polloi eating peanuts in the cheap seats. The term was popularized in the 1950s by the television show Howdy Doody.
    http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorp.htm


    Mar 21 04, 6:02 PM

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