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

Distrusted, and extravagantly admired, he established a record by reaching the Lord High Chancellor's woolsack at the age of 45.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a man of extraordinary natural talents, and also a first-rate lawyer—one whose right to take the woolsack, whenever it should become vacant, was recognized by all the profession.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel