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  • 61Fool's Errand (novel) — Fool s Errand is a book by Robin Hobb, the first in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin s Quest, a period covered by The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny); it resumes the …

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  • 62The Errand Boy — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Der Bürotrottel Originaltitel: The Errand Boy Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1961 Länge: 88 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …

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  • 63fool's errand —    If you go on a fool s errand, you try to do something which is useless, unnecessary or has no chance of success.     I realized it was a fool s errand to look for a bank in such an isolated region …

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  • 64make an errand — To invent a reason for going • • • Main Entry: ↑errand …

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  • 65once-errand — onceˈ errand see ↑errand • • • Main Entry: ↑once …

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  • 66ance-errand — anceˈ errand (Scot) For the express purpose and nothing else ● errand …

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  • 67yince-errand — yinceˈ errand ● errand …

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  • 68Fool's errand — Fool Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of… …

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  • 69fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand. * * * …

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  • 70lost errand — noun a mission likely to fail The detective expressed his conviction that they were both on a lost errand. He was convinced that the boy would not make his appearance; although when pressed by Clive to do so, he declined to give the reasons for… …

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