second banana

/S EH1 K AH0 N D B AH0 N AE0 N AH0/

noun

1
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.”
2
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.”

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