woolsack
Example Sentences
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A Royal Commission, made up of five peers appointed by the King, take their places on the woolsack dressed in red ermine robes and black and two-pointed, bicorner hats.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
Baroness Hayman chairs debates in the Upper Chamber from the traditional woolsack, offers advice on procedural matters and acts as ambassador for the work of the House.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2011
At Wembley, he should sit on a woolsack.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2010
Her father, who told her macabre fairy stories and took her to prize fights, encouraged her "to be cheeky before solemn statesmen," allowed her to bounce up & down on the lord chancellor's woolsack.
From Time Magazine Archive
And indeed, Hardwicke, to the regret of all, consented to leave the woolsack and follow his friend.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
