Idiom
wooden spoonist
Meaning
Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is the wooden spoonist in our local chess club.”
“After losing every single match this season, the team ended up as the wooden spoonist.”
“Despite his intense training and high expectations, he finished the tournament as the wooden spoonist, much to the surprise of his supporters.”
Examples
simple
“He is the wooden spoonist in our local chess club.”
contextual
“After losing every single match this season, the team ended up as the wooden spoonist.”
complex
“Despite his intense training and high expectations, he finished the tournament as the wooden spoonist, much to the surprise of his supporters.”
Origin
From wooden spoon + -ist.
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