Top Banana Definition

noun
A top performer in show business; specif., the star comedian in a burlesque show.
Webster's New World
The most important person in any group.
Webster's New World

(idiomatic) The boss, the leader.

Only the top banana can make a decision of that magnitude.
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Other Word Forms of Top Banana

Noun

Singular:
top banana
Plural:
top-bananas

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 routine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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