If the reader will imagine each mark on the coat, of which "Nompy" bootlessly complains, done in different colors, he will have some idea of the infinite pains Field bestowed on the details of his epistolary pranks.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
He looked around eagerly, wildly almost, but bootlessly.
"The Red Derelict"
Bertram Mitford