bootless errand

Example Sentences

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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 Auerbach, Berthold

I would rather have a double purpose than a bootless errand, any day?

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

"Because," was the reply, "you ride of a bootless errand."

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

"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

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