How to pronounce “wooden spoon”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.
• (idiomatic, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.
• (Cambridge University slang, dated) The last junior optime who takes a university degree.
• (US, university slang, dated) The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.

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