bootless errand

Example Sentences

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You said my father had gone on a bootless errand.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

The cackling and talking has come to naught, as it mostly does," said he grunting to himself; "but beshrew me if I like a bootless errand.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

He went with Saco and Azcarate on the Committee of Information to Madrid, and on his return from that bootless errand he went to Washington as the first Cuban Minister.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

I say," said the cunning Jason, "that they are come here on a bootless errand.

From Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People by Ostertag, Blanche

This magnificent reasoning was of course unanswerable; and the rebuked petitioner abandoned her bootless errand in despair.

From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Warren, Samuel