sleeveless errand | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Synonym offool's errand.c.1602,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene iv], column 2:[…]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 aſleeueleſſe errant.1626February 1 (licensing date),John Fletcher[et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, inComedies and Tragedies[…], London:[…]Humphrey Robinson,[…], and forHumphrey Moseley[…], published1647,→OCLC, Act IV, scene i,page45, column 2:No ſir, I intend to ſend you of aſleeveleſſe errand;[…]1918,Carl Van Vechten, “The Authoritative Work on American Music”, inThe Merry-Go-Round‎[1]:[…]It was in vain that I urged that this would be but asleeveless 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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