wooden spoonist | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Synonym ofwooden spooner: alast-placefinisher.1911, Aida Rodman De Milt,Ways and Days Out of London:At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P, of Fitzwilliam Hall, the "wooden spoonist."1956, Arthur Harold Booth,British hustings, 1924-1950:Thus it was that in the electoral League-table of the twentieth century so far the Conservatives had to be debited with thewooden spoonistas well as credited with the champion.2012, Simon Rae,W. G. Grace: A Life, Faber & Faber,→ISBN:'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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