the wooden spoon



the wooden spoon

  (British & Australian)
an imaginary prize given to the person who finishes last in a race or competition For the second year running Ireland took the wooden spoon in the Rugby tournament.
See also: spoon, wooden

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eleonorae-le-o-NO-rah (German), E-le-o-no-rah (Finnish), e-le-aw-NAW-rah (Polish)Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian
Marlis-German
LennoxLEN-əksScottish, English (Rare)
VickieVIK-eeEnglish
Iscah-Biblical
EdithEE-dith (English), E-dit (German, Swedish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch