- top banana
- noun Etymology: from a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets the punch line also gets a banana Date: 1952 the leading comedian in a burlesque show; broadly kingpin 2
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Top Banana — has multiple meanings. * Top Banana is the starring act in a Vaudeville performance. Originally, the phrase Top Banana was coined by comedian and Vaudeville Performer Harry Steppe. * Top Banana (video game) is a computer game. * Top Banana… … Wikipedia
top banana — ☆ top banana n. [prob. so named from the banana shaped soft club carried by burlesque comedians] Slang 1. a top performer in show business; specif., the star comedian in a burlesque show: cf. SECOND BANANA 2. the most important person in any… … English World dictionary
top\ banana — • top banana • top dog noun slang informal the head of any business or organization; the most influential or most prestigious person in an establishment. Who s the top banana in this outfit? See: main squeeze … Словарь американских идиом
Top Banana (TV-am) — Top Banana was a program on the former UK Breakfast Television Station TV am.The game show aired on Saturday mornings and was hosted by Australian Mike Brosnan … Wikipedia
top banana — noun 1. the leading comedian in a burlesque show • Hypernyms: ↑comedian, ↑comic 2. the most important person in a group or undertaking • Syn: ↑kingpin, ↑bigwig • Hypernyms: ↑important per … Useful english dictionary
top banana — 1. n. the lead comedian in a burlesque or vaudeville act. □ The top banana didn’t show up for the gig. □ Let e be top banana tonight. 2. n. the boss; the leader or head of something. (See also big cheese; big enchilada.) □ You’ll have to ask the… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
top banana — noun a) The boss, the leader. Only the top banana can make a decision of that magnitude. b) The principal comedian in a vaudeville or burlesque show … Wiktionary
top banana — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms top banana : singular top banana plural top bananas informal the most important person in a group … English dictionary
top banana — or[top dog] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} The head of any business or organization; the most influential or most prestigious person in an establishment. * /Who s the top banana in this outfit?/ See: MAIN SQUEEZE … Dictionary of American idioms
top banana — or[top dog] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} The head of any business or organization; the most influential or most prestigious person in an establishment. * /Who s the top banana in this outfit?/ See: MAIN SQUEEZE … Dictionary of American idioms
top banana — Slang. 1. a leading comedian in musical comedy, burlesque, vaudeville, etc.: For many years he was top banana on the circuit. 2. the chief person in a group or undertaking. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
