woolsack
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At the end of her final day on the woolsack on Wednesday there was a break with usual Lords etiquette as she was cheered and clapped as business for the day ended.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2011
She will chair her first session from the woolsack on 5 September.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2011
At Wembley, he should sit on a woolsack.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2010
Great was the dismay of the Lords a month ago when the woolsack was found to contain common horsehair.
From Time Magazine Archive
We mean the woolsack, on which sits the Lord Chancellor Chelmsford.
From Here and There in London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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