peanut.
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
Meaning & usage
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
See peanuts (“very small amount”).
Where this word comes from
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Where this word comes from
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
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