second bananas

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plural form of second banana
second banana
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.

second banana
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.