"top banana" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-top banana.ogg [Australia] Forms: top bananas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} top banana (plural top bananas)
  1. (idiomatic) The boss, the leader. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Narratology, Stock characters Synonyms: big cheese, important person
    Sense id: en-top_banana-en-noun-yLrTzr5R Disambiguation of Narratology: 58 42 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9
  2. (idiomatic, dated) The principal comedian in a vaudeville or burlesque show. Tags: dated, idiomatic Categories (topical): Comedy, People
    Sense id: en-top_banana-en-noun-13cbu62a Disambiguation of Comedy: 25 75 Disambiguation of People: 2 98

Inflected forms

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