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Noun Concept

Categories: Comedy characters, United Kingdom-centric, Counterparts to the protagonist, Articles with short description, Vaudeville tropes

second fiddle second banana

Someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role WordNet 3.0

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Someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant. Wiktionary

The person playing second fiddle. Wiktionary

Music: person playing second fiddle. Wiktionary (translation)

The plumber left his second banana behind, to finish installing my new sink. Wiktionary

I've been second fiddle in that orchestra for ten years now. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

second fiddle, second banana

Wiktionary

second banana, second fiddle

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second banana