Peanuts
Peanuts noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: that's peanuts compared to what I had to deal with yesterday
Raft
Raft noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
Both words in one sentence
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Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown had, among other things, the three bullies diverting the raft of the Peanuts gang through a mining area (complete with explosives) and a log mill.
Source: Unnecessary Roughness -
Given that this is during a camp-sponsored raft race, the possibility of this happening to a bunch of young children who are rafting without adult supervision makes this an even more egregious example of Adults Are Useless than is usually present in Peanuts cartoons.
Source: Inevitable Waterfall - The bullies at the end of Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown use some really nasty tricks (even life-threatening to the Peanuts gang), but at the end can't reach the finish line due to their raft sinking.
Source: Cheaters Never Prosper
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