bootless errand
Example Sentences
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Shirley, the governor of Massachusetts, had returned from his bootless errand to settle the boundary question at Paris.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis
"I will be there," replied the duke; "but if I am brought on a bootless errand, not even my royal father shall save thee from chastisement."
From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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
They opened the cache, and found the contents spoiled; but, as they returned from their bootless errand, they saw buffalo; and Nika shot two of them.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Parkman, Francis
A′pril-fool, one sent upon a bootless errand on the 1st of April, perhaps a relic of some old Celtic heathen festival.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
