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sec'ond banan'a



Informal.
1. a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, esp. in burlesque or vaudeville.
2. any person who plays a secondary role or serves in a subsidiary capacity. Cf. top banana.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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