wooden spoon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He came to The Mountain to sell goods from The Kingdom—colorful threads, clay pots, and wooden spoons.
From Literature
Tomato sauce flies off her wooden spoon, splattering the chipped yellow cabinets.
From Literature
But, with a stellar generation of players heading into retirement, they have lost 11 straight Six Nations matches, with successive wooden spoon finishes to show from 2024 and 2025.
From BBC
She went into the kitchen and got two big wooden spoons from a drawer.
From Literature
Aunt Pretty stuck a wooden spoon dripping with catsup in Pa’s mouth.
From Literature
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