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
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
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
"You might wish—to see me on the woolsack, aunt."
From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
