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Meanings of bootless errand in English

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Usage of bootless errand in English
1
You said my father had gone on a bootless errand.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
2
De Ruyter drew off with his convoy, and Sandwich returned from a bootless errand.
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02
3
This magnificent reasoning was of course unanswerable; and the rebuked petitioner abandoned her bootless errand in despair.
The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney
4
He is come on a bootless errand!
Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
5
Three days after this bootless errand, Lucien and Coralie were breakfasting in melancholy spirits beside the fire in their pretty bedroom.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
6
But giving it up at last, for a bootless errand, they dropped farther and farther astern, until completely out of sight.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
7
And again adopting a bantering tone, "I trust, fair lady, I shall not return this time from a bootless errand."
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
8
As he hesitated she went on half playfully: It seems hard that you had to come all the way here on such a bootless errand.
The Three Partners
9
'I say,' said the cunning Jason, 'that they are come here on a bootless errand.
The Heroes; Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children
10
'Very good, sir; I need detain you no longer, but return whence I came from my bootless errand.
Bristol Bells: A Story of the Eighteenth Century
11
'As I have told you,' he said, 'I am fully convinced that our messenger has gone on a bootless errand.
Prince Zaleski
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