Definition of Top banana

1. Noun. The leading comedian in a burlesque show.

Generic synonyms: Comedian, Comic

2. Noun. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
Exact synonyms: Bigwig, Kingpin
Generic synonyms: Important Person, Influential Person, Personage

Definition of Top banana

1. Noun. (idiomatic) The boss, the leader. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic dated) The principal comedian in a vaudeville or burlesque show. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Banana

top-posts
top-priority
top-quality
top-ranking
top-rope
top-ropes
top-secret
top-shaped
top-shell
top-spinner
top-spinners
top-tier
top-up
top antiquark
top banana
top bananas
top billing
top boot
top copy
top dead center
top deck
top dog
top dogs
top dollar
top dollars
top drawer
top dressing

Literary usage of Top banana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1916)
"... of vanilla ice cream, cover with whipped cream, and place a whole maraschino cherry on top. BANANA BEST. At one end of a split banana put a No. ..."

2. Practical Dietetics: With Reference to Diet in Disease by Alida Frances Pattee (1905)
"Ill and put meringue on top. BANANA CUSTARD Peel bananas and slice very thin with silver knife; put into serving dish and flavor with lemon juice, ..."

3. Fruits, and how to Use Them: A Practical Manual for Housekeepers; Containing by Hester Martha Poole (1889)
"Have a second layer of cake and banana then pour over them a very thin boiled custard. Serve with whipped cream piled on the top. Banana ..."

4. Martinque, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne M. Sullivan (1999)
"top banana has locations all over the island and features fashion beachwear made by well-known companies such as Speedo, Hunza and La Blanca. ..."

5. Fasting: The Ultimate Diet by Allan Cott (1997)
"... Jaws, Duck Soup, Dinner at Eight, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Tea and Sympathy, top banana, Milk and Honey, "The Candyman," "You're the Cream in My Coffee," ..."

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