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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

Literary usage of Second banana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bahama Songs and Stories: A Contribution to Folk-lore by Charles Lincoln Edwards (1895)
"She cut the second banana sucker in two. Third banana sucker she cut in two ; de razor was so hot it went through the floor an' burn down the house, ..."

2. Buenos Aires & the Best of Argentina Alive!by Arnold Greenberg by Arnold Greenberg (2000)
"... as the photos of the VIP patrons attest. A wild and crazy place. Perfect for after theater or a A second Banana has opened in ..."

3. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1853)
"The first and largest Banana island extends six miles ; when the w itcr is low there is a causeway across to the second Banana, but two i-Und» are formed by ..."

4. Key Issues for Transport Beyond 2000: Introductory Reports and Summary of by Ecmt, (Paris) European Conference of Ministers, SourceOECD (Online service) (2002)
"In 1991, the Commission of the European Communities published a document entitled "Europe 2000" (CEC, 1991), in which the creation of a second banana of ..."

5. John Chinaman and a Few Others by Edward Harper Parker (1902)
"They were ready picked out for him, and handed up in a second banana leaf. As with many people in the Far East, the king scrupulously used the right hand ..."

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