- a top performer in show business; specif., the star comedian in a burlesque show
- the most important person in any group
Origin of top banana
probably so named from the banana-shaped soft club carried by burlesque comedianstop banana
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top banana
noun
Slang- The main comic in a burlesque show.
- The head person, as of a group or project.
Origin of top banana
So called from the presentation of a banana to the comedian who has the punch line in a three-person burlesque routineTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural top bananas)
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