wooden spoonist

Definitions

Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“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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