adjective
(also peanuty)
1US, North American figurative Small, insignificant, trivial.
In early use chiefly in political contexts.
2US Resembling or of the nature of peanuts; full of or tasting strongly of peanuts. Now the main sense.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Cincinnati (Ohio) Daily Gazette. From peanut + -y.
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