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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wooden spoon

▶noun Brit. a real or imaginary prize awarded to the person who is last in a race or competition.

– origin orig. a spoon given to the candidate coming last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos.

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