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

Now the historic woolsack is a seat upholstered in red cloth.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Humph, I don't know! they've served me pretty tidy going along, I think, punching at me with their shilaleghs as they would at a woolsack!"

From Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' by Wight, John