wooden spoon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She said she scared the bear away by screaming and banging a pot with a wooden spoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
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 • Feb. 7, 2026
Wales have not won a Six Nations match since 2023, when they narrowly avoided the wooden spoon thanks to a 29-17 victory away to an error-strewn Italy.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
She’d really rev up the engine then, shaking her hips and tapping a wooden spoon in the air, still damp from stirring her homemade spaghetti sauce.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
She waves a wooden spoon in her hand.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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