- take the wooden spoon
- get, win, take, etc. the ˌwooden ˈspoon idiom
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take the wooden spoon
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get the wooden spoon — get, win, take, etc. the ˌwooden ˈspoon idiom (BrE, informal) to come last in a race or competition Main entry: ↑wooden spoonidiom … Useful english dictionary
win the wooden spoon — get, win, take, etc. the ˌwooden ˈspoon idiom (BrE, informal) to come last in a race or competition Main entry: ↑wooden spoonidiom … Useful english dictionary
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