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Wooden spoon (award)

 A wooden spoon is an award that is given to an individual or team that has come last in a competition. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events. The term is of British origin and has spread to other English-speaking countries. In most cases it is simply a colloquial term for coming last – there is no actual award given

the wooden spoon

noun [ S ]

 UK informal

UK 

 /ˌwʊd.ən ˈspuːn/ US 

 /ˌwʊd.ən ˈspuːn/

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the imaginary prize that a person or team is given if they finish last in a race or competition:

Our college team took the wooden spoon in the inter-collegiate league this season.