"wooden spoonist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-wooden spoonist.ogg [Australia] Forms: wooden spoonists [plural]
Etymology: wooden spoon + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wooden spoon|ist}} wooden spoon + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} wooden spoonist (plural wooden spoonists)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: wooden spooner [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-wooden_spoonist-en-noun-XIcpI-YY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist

Inflected forms

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