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What is a woolsack?

What is a woolsack? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A wool bale or cushion, the traditional seat of the Lord Speaker in the British House of Lords.
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Micawber saw himself, in his judicial mind's eye, on the woolsack.
But I'm afraid it wouldn't do, even if I wrote them in secret, under the woolsack.
By Friday, the hyper-crony was seated on the Woolsack, smirking like a small boy who had been allowed to drive his father's car.
He was then, for the last time, solemnly cautioned from the woolsack.
Many familiar figures from the recent past now debate and scrutinise legislation before the chamber's golden throne and stuffed woolsack.
While the judges' woolsack struggled to fit some of the more generous noble behinds, there were a few empty spaces on the benches.

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