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second banana
sec·ond ba·nan·a (plural sec·ond ba·nan·as)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. assistant or subordinate: an assistant or subordinate to somebody else
2. comedian's stooge: a straight man or stooge to a comedian in burlesque or vaudeville
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