also-rans in English
noun
1
a loser in a race or contest, especially by a large margin.
This Saturday's game - and we can leave Italy out of any Six Nations equation - is a race for the also-rans , the contest for an elliptical wooden utensil, the championship's booby prize.
noun
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1. Sad, lonely, frigid ex-wives of failed also-rans...
2. 23 Skilful individuals such as Gazza are very much also-rans, though they do have their uses.
3. Waiting for the Also rans I can't win, but I've seen enough, man A fifth of whiskey he could knock it away I drink some more and it's judgment day I had.