Function: noun
Etymology: from a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets the punch line also gets a banana
Date: 1952
: the leading comedian in a burlesque show broadly : KINGPIN 2
Function: noun
Etymology: from a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets the punch line also gets a banana
Date: 1952
: the leading comedian in a burlesque show broadly : KINGPIN 2
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012