"bananaphile" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Moishe Nadir, “The Eatabananists”, in Max Rosenfeld, editor, A Union for Shabbos, and Other Stories of Jewish Life in America, Philadelphia, Pa.: Sholom Aleichem Club Press, page 187",
          "text": "Our bananaphiles meanwhile were raising a furor in the newspapers. Why weren’t people eating more bananas? Why weren’t the sick people in the hospitals given bananas to eat instead of questionable eggs and so forth?",
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          "ref": "1970 November, World Coins, page 1384",
          "text": "Turn page upside down, notice legends on banana cloth wrapping. “Bananaphiles” may have a new collecting interest.",
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          "ref": "1975 April 4, “Banana Trade Slips Away”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, 89th year, number 165, Spokane, Wash., page 4",
          "text": "Within the memory of many an old bananaphile are the days of loss-leader sales in chain stores of bananas, three pounds for a dime.",
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          "ref": "1977 November 6, Chicago Tribune, 131st year, number 310, section 6, page 23",
          "text": "Tarzan’s dead but Jane’s still swinging. Bananaphiles enjoy a wild look at old age.",
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        {
          "ref": "1979 June 3, Michael E. Kampen, “The Banal Banana Finds Its Place In The Arts”, in The Charlotte Observer, 94th year, number 143, page 9F",
          "text": "There are other bona fide bananaphiles in Charlotte — most of the people attending the reception for her show on May 20 enjoying liquid banana surprises had already “gone bananas.”",
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          "ref": "1984 July 8, Malcolm R. Hebert, “Getting Serious About Bananas”, in Sunshine, page 20",
          "text": "There are three stages of ripeness. The first is the banana with a touch of green; the second is light yellow; and the third is yellow with dark-brown flecks on it. Most people prefer the first two stages, but bananaphiles know that the brown-flecked is the sweetest.",
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          "ref": "1994, Gordon C. Graham, As I Was Saying: Essays on the International Book Business, Hans Zell Publishers, page 53",
          "text": "Of all consumer goods sold from one country to another, only books are expected by their purchasers to bear local prices with a public relationship to those in the countries of origin. No-one who buys a Volkswagen in Australia bothers to learn what the price is in Germany. British bananaphiles do not seek to know the price of their favourite fruit in the Canary Islands.",
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          "ref": "1994 July 25, James Cockington, “Bananas in the raw”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 48,951, page 3s",
          "text": "Older bananaphiles may be interested to know that, inside the pyjamas marked B2 hides someone who resembles Hugh Grant.",
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          "ref": "1999 March 1, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 50,387",
          "text": "Today is the birthday of bananaphile Harry Belafonte (1927), generational stutterer Roger Daltrey (1944) and cunning ham Ron Howard (1954).",
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          "ref": "2000 September/October, Islands, page 26",
          "text": "To test the claims of bananaphiles, who say that each type – from Brazilian dwarf to praying hands – has a distinct flavor, guests taste the fruit as carefully as they would wine.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, W. Park Kerr, Viva Margarita: Fabulous Fiestas in a Glass, Munchies, and More, Chronicle Books, page 70",
          "text": "Whether you’re a big bananaphile or not, you’ll dig this drink—Iguanabanana, baby!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Oldale, “Panama”, in Who, or Why, or Which, or What …?: A Global Gazetteer of the Instructive and Strange, Particular Books, page 200",
          "text": "But, as all true bananaphiles agree, in size, handling, aroma and above all flavour, the Cavendish is a shadow of the glorious fruit that was once ‘Big Mike’.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 February/March, Fine Cooking, number 109, The Taunton Press, Inc., →ISSN, page 71",
          "text": "Supermarkets are dominated by a single variety, the yellow, mildly sweet Cavendish. But bananaphiles can take heart: Major companies like Dole and Chiquita are brining more varieties to grocery stores.",
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          "ref": "2014, Jeff Rovin, To Kill a Matzo Ball, Kensington Books, page 109",
          "text": "Technically, I was a former-New-York-woman-Jew-thirtysomething-divorcée-restaurateur-bananaphile.",
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          "ref": "2018, Christopher Woods, “Quinta da Granja”, in Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens, Portland, Or.: Timber Press, page 145",
          "text": "Lest he be typecast as a bananaphile, he’s rather fond of palm trees too.",
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          "ref": "2018, Michael Haworth, Neurotechnology and the End of Finitude, University of Minnesota Press",
          "text": "But there is nothing in the taste of bananas that I am missing, nothing that my bananaphile friend is privy to that I am not. It is simply that we have different taste response characteristics to one and the same stimulus.",
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        "One who loves bananas."
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          "ref": "1967, Moishe Nadir, “The Eatabananists”, in Max Rosenfeld, editor, A Union for Shabbos, and Other Stories of Jewish Life in America, Philadelphia, Pa.: Sholom Aleichem Club Press, page 187",
          "text": "Our bananaphiles meanwhile were raising a furor in the newspapers. Why weren’t people eating more bananas? Why weren’t the sick people in the hospitals given bananas to eat instead of questionable eggs and so forth?",
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          "ref": "1970 November, World Coins, page 1384",
          "text": "Turn page upside down, notice legends on banana cloth wrapping. “Bananaphiles” may have a new collecting interest.",
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          "ref": "1975 April 4, “Banana Trade Slips Away”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, 89th year, number 165, Spokane, Wash., page 4",
          "text": "Within the memory of many an old bananaphile are the days of loss-leader sales in chain stores of bananas, three pounds for a dime.",
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          "ref": "1977 November 6, Chicago Tribune, 131st year, number 310, section 6, page 23",
          "text": "Tarzan’s dead but Jane’s still swinging. Bananaphiles enjoy a wild look at old age.",
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          "ref": "1979 June 3, Michael E. Kampen, “The Banal Banana Finds Its Place In The Arts”, in The Charlotte Observer, 94th year, number 143, page 9F",
          "text": "There are other bona fide bananaphiles in Charlotte — most of the people attending the reception for her show on May 20 enjoying liquid banana surprises had already “gone bananas.”",
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          "ref": "1984 July 8, Malcolm R. Hebert, “Getting Serious About Bananas”, in Sunshine, page 20",
          "text": "There are three stages of ripeness. The first is the banana with a touch of green; the second is light yellow; and the third is yellow with dark-brown flecks on it. Most people prefer the first two stages, but bananaphiles know that the brown-flecked is the sweetest.",
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          "text": "Of all consumer goods sold from one country to another, only books are expected by their purchasers to bear local prices with a public relationship to those in the countries of origin. No-one who buys a Volkswagen in Australia bothers to learn what the price is in Germany. British bananaphiles do not seek to know the price of their favourite fruit in the Canary Islands.",
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          "ref": "1994 July 25, James Cockington, “Bananas in the raw”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 48,951, page 3s",
          "text": "Older bananaphiles may be interested to know that, inside the pyjamas marked B2 hides someone who resembles Hugh Grant.",
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          "ref": "1999 March 1, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 50,387",
          "text": "Today is the birthday of bananaphile Harry Belafonte (1927), generational stutterer Roger Daltrey (1944) and cunning ham Ron Howard (1954).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 September/October, Islands, page 26",
          "text": "To test the claims of bananaphiles, who say that each type – from Brazilian dwarf to praying hands – has a distinct flavor, guests taste the fruit as carefully as they would wine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2003, W. Park Kerr, Viva Margarita: Fabulous Fiestas in a Glass, Munchies, and More, Chronicle Books, page 70",
          "text": "Whether you’re a big bananaphile or not, you’ll dig this drink—Iguanabanana, baby!",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011, John Oldale, “Panama”, in Who, or Why, or Which, or What …?: A Global Gazetteer of the Instructive and Strange, Particular Books, page 200",
          "text": "But, as all true bananaphiles agree, in size, handling, aroma and above all flavour, the Cavendish is a shadow of the glorious fruit that was once ‘Big Mike’.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 February/March, Fine Cooking, number 109, The Taunton Press, Inc., →ISSN, page 71",
          "text": "Supermarkets are dominated by a single variety, the yellow, mildly sweet Cavendish. But bananaphiles can take heart: Major companies like Dole and Chiquita are brining more varieties to grocery stores.",
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          "ref": "2014, Jeff Rovin, To Kill a Matzo Ball, Kensington Books, page 109",
          "text": "Technically, I was a former-New-York-woman-Jew-thirtysomething-divorcée-restaurateur-bananaphile.",
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          "ref": "2018, Christopher Woods, “Quinta da Granja”, in Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens, Portland, Or.: Timber Press, page 145",
          "text": "Lest he be typecast as a bananaphile, he’s rather fond of palm trees too.",
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          "ref": "2018, Michael Haworth, Neurotechnology and the End of Finitude, University of Minnesota Press",
          "text": "But there is nothing in the taste of bananas that I am missing, nothing that my bananaphile friend is privy to that I am not. It is simply that we have different taste response characteristics to one and the same stimulus.",
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