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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Woolsack
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Large square cushion-like seat in the House of Lords, without back, arms or legs, traditionally said to have been placed there in the 14C and to have been stuffed at that time with *wool clippings, in token of the importance of the trade to England. After several centuries of a more normal hair stuffing, the Woolsack was in 1938 filled once again with wool from Britain and the Commonwealth. It is the seat of the *lord chancellor as Speaker of the House.
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