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woolsack

[ wool-sak ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a sack or bag of wool.
British.
1. (in the House of Lords) one of a number of cloth-covered seats or divans stuffed with wool, for the use of judges, especially one for the Lord Chancellor.
2. the Lord Chancellor's office.

woolsack

/ ˈwʊlˌsæk /

a sack containing or intended to contain wool
(in Britain) the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords, formerly made of a large square sack of wool

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; wool, sack ¹

This led, as might be expected, not to the woolsack but to the authorship of Coningsby.

She was a woman that brought to bear upon foolish, culpable loves a mental power that would have adorned the woolsack.

That he would live to sit on the woolsack was now almost a certainty to the dear old lady.

The Woolsack, more especially the object of his ambition, was made a very uneasy seat to any occupant.

It's a long journey from the shop in the Strand to the woolsack you see, and he took sick at two-and-thirty I believe.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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