woolpack

Example Sentences

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Marry, methinks there is one of them danceth like a clothier's horse, with a woolpack on his back.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

There is a woolpack in the coat-of-arms of Minehead, and the most striking feature of the little mediaeval town of Dunster is the yarn-market in the centre of the main street.

From Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland by Presland, John

He!" said Father Philemy, "he has no more voice than a woolpack; but Con's a cunning fellow.

From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Finest of all, perhaps, are the brasses of the wool staplers, with feet resting on woolpack or sheep; but there are many other merchants too.

From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna

They both have their feet on woolpacks, and on the son's woolpack is his merchant's mark.

From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna