bootless errand
Example Sentences
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De Ruyter drew off with his convoy, and Sandwich returned from a bootless errand.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
After he had traversed it he had the poor reward of finding himself on a bootless errand.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
He had come out on a bootless errand, to save 171 the lives of certain men, if it might be.
From The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher
The journey home was not very animated, for they were returning from a bootless errand.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
But no guides were to be found, and in the next summer the young man returned from his bootless errand.
From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Francis Parkman
