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Second banana

noun, slang

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

    "He grew disenchanted with playing second banana and never getting credit for the laughter."

  2. 2
    someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant. colloquial, idiomatic

    "The plumber left his second banana behind, to finish installing my new sink."

  4. 4
    a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian wordnet

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