2. Verb. (third-person singular of errand) ¹
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Definition of Errands
1. errand [n] - See also: errand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Errands
Literary usage of Errands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... and \rill walk a " seven or eight times a day through the street where she
dwells, and make sleeveless errands to see her;" plotting still where, when, ..."
2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... and make sleeveless errands to see her ; " plotting «till where, when, and
how to visit her, * " Levesque sub nocte ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... duty it is to run errands, and to help the press cien. Printing used to be
called tho Slack Art, and the boys who assisted the press- men were called ..."
4. Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers.: To which is Added Porsoniana by Samuel Rogers, Alexander Dyce, William Maltby (1856)
"To this the coachman objected, that his business was to drive, not to run on
errands. " Well, then," said Marley, " bring out the coach and four, ..."
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