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Definition of Top banana
1. Noun. The leading comedian in a burlesque show.
2. Noun. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
Definition of Top banana
1. Noun. (idiomatic) The boss, the leader. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic dated) The principal comedian in a vaudeville or burlesque show. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Banana
Literary usage of Top banana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1916)
"... of vanilla ice cream, cover with whipped cream, and place a whole maraschino
cherry on top. BANANA BEST. At one end of a split banana put a No. ..."
2. Practical Dietetics: With Reference to Diet in Disease by Alida Frances Pattee (1905)
"Ill and put meringue on top. BANANA CUSTARD Peel bananas and slice very thin with
silver knife; put into serving dish and flavor with lemon juice, ..."
3. Fruits, and how to Use Them: A Practical Manual for Housekeepers; Containing by Hester Martha Poole (1889)
"Have a second layer of cake and banana then pour over them a very thin boiled
custard. Serve with whipped cream piled on the top. Banana ..."
4. Martinque, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne M. Sullivan (1999)
"top banana has locations all over the island and features fashion beachwear made
by well-known companies such as Speedo, Hunza and La Blanca. ..."
5. Fasting: The Ultimate Diet by Allan Cott (1997)
"... Jaws, Duck Soup, Dinner at Eight, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Tea and Sympathy,
top banana, Milk and Honey, "The Candyman," "You're the Cream in My Coffee," ..."
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