ladle vs wooden spoon

ladle

noun
  • A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. 

  • The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. 

  • A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. 

  • A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. 

  • An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. 

verb
  • To pour or serve something with a ladle. 

wooden spoon

noun
  • A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation. 

  • An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition. 

How often have the words ladle and wooden spoon occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )