bootless errand
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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 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 Willis Fletcher Johnson
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
I would rather have a double purpose than a bootless errand, any day?
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
"But he's gone on a bootless errand, I tell ye," continued Mrs. Garth.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine
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