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   wooden spoon

   noun

   • 1. an imaginary prize said to be awarded to the person who is last in a race or other competition: British "they finished with the wooden spoon after losing a penalty shoot-out"

   Word Origin a spoon made of wood was formerly given to the candidate coming last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos.

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