cut a caper
Example Sentences
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When Ann married his rival, Pierre cut a caper to hide his bleeding heart, took a job as soda-jerker to study character, saved his pay for his triumphal journey to Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
He peeped into the bag and cut a caper of delight when he saw the buns.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Cā′perer, a dancer.—To cut a caper, to dance or act fantastically.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
But even with this special expertness it took a quick man and a philosopher, especially when the stove cut a caper and the footing was uneven.
From The Wrong Woman by Charles D. Stewart
Thunder and ages!' and Robina, 'For shame, Willie!' while that personage cut a caper, at once expressive of affirmation and amusement at their surprise.
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
