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View synonyms for second banana

second banana

noun

, Informal.
  1. a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
  2. any person who plays a secondary role or serves in a subsidiary capacity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of second banana1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Idioms and Phrases

see under top banana .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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