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wooden spoonist

noun

Etymology

From wooden spoon + -ist.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of wooden spooner

    Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.

    • At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P, of Fitzwilliam Hall, the " wooden spoonist."
    • Thus it was that in the electoral League-table of the twentieth century so far the Conservatives had to be debited with the wooden spoonist as well as credited with the champion.
    • 'From the position of “wooden spoonist” [Gloucestershire] rose to the honourable position of fourth in the list, and became once again a team whose drawing capacity as regards “gate” was unsurpassed by any other County.'

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA