Meanings
plural peanut whistles
- slangCB radioA low-powered transmitter or receiver.
Tom has a supersensitive single-signal receiver with tuned antenna, but a peanut-whistle transmitter.
1937, Radio, numbers 215-224, page 113
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peanut whistle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peanut%20whistle
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