Meaning of sleeveless errand | Babel Free

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Synonym of fool's errand.

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Examples

“[…] I would faine ſee them meet; that that ſame yong Troian aſſe, that loues the whore there, might ſend that Greekiſh whore-maiſterly villaine, with the Sleeue, backe to the diſſembling luxurious drabe, of a ſleeueleſſe errant.”

“No ſir, I intend to ſend you of a ſleeveleſſe errand; […]”

“[…] It was in vain that I urged that this would be but a sleeveless errand, arguing that I could not fight men of straw, that these our composers had no real standing in the concert halls, and that pushing them over would be an easy exercise for a child of ten.”

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