bootless errand

Example Sentences

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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

You said my father had gone on a bootless errand.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

I rode over accordingly, but found I had gone on a bootless errand.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

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

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