second banana
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A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and…A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial, idiomatic)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.
someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
(colloquial, idiomatic)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.
Forms
plural: second bananas| Singular | second banana |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role:second fiddle