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Definition of Second banana

1. Noun. A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian.

2. Noun. Someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role.

Definition of Second banana

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Banana

second-person singulars second-place finish second-rate second-rater second-sheet second-sighted second-stability region second-storey man second-storey men second-string

second-stringer second-to-last second-year second act second balcony second banana (current term) second bananas second base second baseman second bases

second battle of Ypres second best second childhood second conditional second countable second cousin second cousin once removed second cousins

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