bootless errand

Example Sentences

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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 Parkman, Francis

Being in a more advanced stage of toilet than H. C., we marched forth in search of the landlord on what we hoped would not prove a bootless errand.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

I rode over accordingly, but found I had gone on a bootless errand.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

And again adopting a bantering tone, "I trust, fair lady, I shall not return this time from a bootless errand."

From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton

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