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Drinks accompaniments you get for very little money (7)

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peanuts

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'little money' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for peanuts that I've seen before include "Paltry sum of money" , "Cartoon - giving a kind of butter" , "Very small amount of money" , "what could make up a packet?" , "A derisory amount of money" .)

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