Treasury Bench
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Not many minutes earlier, a weary man had risen from the Treasury Bench to make his way—some few hundred yards to his downy bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pale and less cherubic than usual, the old parliamentarian made his way to a corner spot near the Treasury Bench, chatted with members from both sides, voted twice with the government on minor issues.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day Gladstone stood in his place on the Treasury Bench, imposing and thunderous, hurtling upon his rival epithets that became ever more violent.
From Time Magazine Archive
One evening Admaston was called off the Treasury Bench in the House to speak at the telephone.
From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
"How is it you aren't on Treasury Bench?"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 by Various
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