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Noun: second banana
  1. A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
    - straight man
     
  2. Someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
    - second fiddle

Derived forms: second bananas

Type of: foot soldier, performer, performing artist, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, understrapper

Encyclopedia: Second banana

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