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Literary notes about Peanut (AI summary)

In literature the term “peanut” sometimes emerges not as a mere food item but as an evocative color descriptor—a warm, earthy hue that recalls the natural, subdued brown of the legume. For instance, one text directly questions the hue itself when it asks, “Would you like to hear what color the stupid little boy said the peanut was?” [1] This playful inquiry hints at an imaginative reappropriation of everyday imagery into a language of color, inviting readers to consider familiar objects in a new light and imbuing the narrative with a subtle, nostalgic familiarity.
  1. Would you like to hear what color the stupid little boy said the peanut was?
    — from The Old Soldier's Story: Poems and Prose Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley

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