bootless errand
Example Sentences
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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)
The cackling and talking has come to naught, as it mostly does," said he grunting to himself; "but beshrew me if I like a bootless errand.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
"But he's gone on a bootless errand, I tell ye," continued Mrs. Garth.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
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 Bowling, John
This magnificent reasoning was of course unanswerable; and the rebuked petitioner abandoned her bootless errand in despair.
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Warren, Samuel
