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sleeveless errands

sleeveless errands is the plural of sleeveless errand.

Meaning of sleeveless errand

Noun

sleeveless errand (plural sleeveless errands)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of fool's errand.
    • […] 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.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    fool's errand

Questions about sleeveless errands

What is sleeveless errands the plural of?
Sleeveless errands is the plural of sleeveless errand.

Words near sleeveless errands in the dictionary

  1. sleevehands
  2. sleeveholder
  3. sleeveholders
  4. sleeveless
  5. sleeveless errand
  6. sleeveless errands
  7. sleevelessly
  8. sleevelessness
  9. sleevelet
  10. sleevelets
  11. sleevelike

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