banana oil
English
Noun
banana
oil
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
banana oils
)
(
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
!
"
(
chemistry
)
The chemical substance
isoamyl acetate
.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
:
see
banana
,
oil
.
See also
snake oil
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