cellar dweller

noun

sports, informal

: a last-place team : a team with the worst record in a league, conference, etc.

Northwestern University, long a cellar dweller in the Big Ten, defied all odds and went to the Rose Bowl in 1995.

Andrew Zimbalist

… any team in the majors—including the cellar dwellers from the season before—has the chance to be the best in the game.

Tracy Ringolsby

The Aggies have morphed from conference cellar dweller to annual contender to a program that has won 17 consecutive home games …

Ailene Voisin

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

单词	cellar dweller
释义	cellar dweller noun sports, informal : a last-place team : a team with the worst record in a league, conference, etc. Northwestern University, long a cellar dweller in the Big Ten, defied all odds and went to the Rose Bowl in 1995. Andrew Zimbalist … any team in the majors—including the cellar dwellers from the season before—has the chance to be the best in the game. Tracy Ringolsby The Aggies have morphed from conference cellar dweller to annual contender to a program that has won 17 consecutive home games … Ailene Voisin Word History First Known Use 1906, in the meaning defined above
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