wooden spoonist

English

Etymology

wooden spoon +‎ -ist

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Noun

wooden spoonist (plural wooden spoonists)

1. (idiomatic) Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.
   • 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 the wooden spoonist as 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.'