Idiom
wooden spoon
Meaning
An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He won the wooden spoon for coming last in the race.”
“After losing every match, our team took home the wooden spoon with good-natured embarrassment.”
“Despite months of preparation, the debate team earned the wooden spoon, finishing below schools that had scarcely trained at all.”
Examples
simple
“He won the wooden spoon for coming last in the race.”
contextual
“After losing every match, our team took home the wooden spoon with good-natured embarrassment.”
complex
“Despite months of preparation, the debate team earned the wooden spoon, finishing below schools that had scarcely trained at all.”
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