bootless errand
Example Sentences
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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 Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
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
It seems hard that you had to come all the way here on such a bootless errand.
From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret
De Ruyter drew off with his convoy, and Sandwich returned from a bootless errand.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of
Vaillant returned from his bootless errand; and a stormy correspondence followed between the two governors.
From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Parkman, Francis
