bootless errand

Example Sentences

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Oh," said he, "you come on a bootless errand, and might as well go home again and make the best of it.

From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William

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

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)

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 Maher, Richard Aumerle

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