wooden spoon
noun/ˈwʊdən spuːn/
Definitions
A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.
An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.
The last junior optime who takes a university degree.
- We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.
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The lowest appointee of the junior year
The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.
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