capriole

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Meanwhile my horse neighed aloud; and on the Judge's letting him go, went curvetting and caprioling through the gate.

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But joy over their success must show itself, and they indulged in all the fanciful caprioles of acrobatic aviation, spinning down in quick spirals, turning somersaults, looping or plunging in a glorious sky-dance.

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Young men and boys, on the other hand, play according to recognized law, old, traditionary games, permitting no caprioles of fancy, but with scope enough for the outbreak of savage instincts….

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In all these hundred paces, while we have been watching him, he has not made one of those little caprioles in the air which are characteristic of his natural gait.

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Young men and boys, on the other hand, play, according to recognized law, old, traditionary games, permitting no caprioles of fancy, but with scope enough for the outbreak of savage instincts.

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