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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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In 1938 the Lord Chancellor's woolsack was found to contain horsehair so it was re-stuffed with wool from all parts of the Commonwealth as a symbol of unity.
When the woolsack has been reached there comes an end of doubt, and a beginning of ease.
Micawber saw himself, in his judicial mind's eye, on 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.
One of the cloaked and wigged figures on Woolsack mentioned the matter in charmingly casual way.

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