wooden spoonist

plural wooden spoonists

1. idiomaticSynonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.

   At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P, of Fitzwilliam Hall, the " wooden spoonist."

   1911, Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London

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   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.

   1956, Arthur Harold Booth, British hustings, 1924-1950

   '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.'

   2012, Simon Rae, W. G. Grace: A Life, Faber & Faber, →ISBN

   Synonyms: wooden spooner