banana oil

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Noun

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banana oil (countable and uncountable, plural banana oils)

  1. (dated, slang, uncountable) Nonsense.
    • 1979, The New York Times Theater Reviews, page 270:
      Perhaps Miss Fisher has the last word when she says, "What a load of banana oil!"
  2. (organic chemistry) The chemical substance isoamyl acetate.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see banana,‎ oil.

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