SECONDBANANA

second banana

Noun

  1. A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
    He grew disenchanted with playing second banana and never getting credit for the laughter.
  2. A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
    The plumber left his second banana behind, to finish installing my new sink.


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