woolsack
Example Sentences
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Baroness Hayman chairs debates from the traditional woolsack, offers advice on procedural matters and acts as an ambassador for the work of the House.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2011
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
A woolsack still covered his head and shoulders.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn
