woolsack
Example Sentences
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She will chair her first session from the woolsack on 5 September.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 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
They shuffled into position, marched up the aisle towards the woolsack whereon sat Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor, speaker of the House of Lords.
From Time Magazine Archive
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If he 'd have gone to the bar, he'd have ended on the woolsack.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.