[top banana] n [fr. a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets the punch line also gets a banana] (1952): the leading comedian in a burlesque show; broadly: kingpin
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[top banana] n [fr. a burlesque routine involving three comedians in which the one that gets the punch line also gets a banana] (1952): the leading comedian in a burlesque show; broadly: kingpin
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Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012