bootless errand
Example Sentences
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I rode over accordingly, but found I had gone on a bootless errand.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
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 Francis Parkman
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 William Pittenger
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
I thought we should have a bootless errand, for the wagging of tongues and the cackling of geese I never could understand; they are both pointless, and equally profitable.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
