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He was graduated "Wooden Spoon," a college name for a dunce.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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Jason Leonard was appearing on behalf of FairPlay, a partnership between Wooden Spoon, Barclays Spaces for Sports and the RFU.
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Being supported by people like Barclays and the RFU and Wooden Spoon who are helping to get this off the ground is fantastic and hopefully we can keep this going and deliver out to those who need it.
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The best onion rings I find available currently are made by hand at The Wooden Spoon in Foreman AR.
What is Althouse doing lunching in this sleazy dive? Ann Althouse 2009
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In the rest of the league, it was a week to forget out of a whole season for New York, who lost against Columbus to fall two behind San Jose in the race not to recieve the Wooden Spoon.
Week at a Glance: Let's not do this week over again Andrew Bates 2009
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This places her neck and neck with Brian Gibbons in the race for the Wooden Spoon.
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In her poem "A Wooden Spoon for the Welsh Rugby Union WRU", she sums up the bewilderment of many rugby fans at the decision to let Mike Ruddock go and the subsequent turmoil in the Welsh camp:
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Now, too, comes the Exhibition of the Wooden Spoon, where the low-appointment men burlesque the staid performances of college, and present the lowest scholar on the appointment-list with an immense spoon, handsomely carved from rosewood, and engraved with the convivial motto: '_Dum vivimus vivamus_.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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Pitched neck and crop on the turf atop of my beautiful Wooden Spoon.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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When the Jubilee Cup, with John Jones up, was won upon Wooden Spoon.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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