"lost errand" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1891, Charles Dickens, A Bride of a Summer's Day",
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        "Synonym of fool's errand"
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        "(idiomatic) Synonym of fool's errand"
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        "(idiomatic) Synonym of fool's errand"
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