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
He cut a caper full three feet into the air.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert
I smell him; He looks on's legs too, sure he will cut a caper; God-a-mercy, dear December.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Beaumont, Francis
Monsieur La Touche came out with eight sail of the line and six frigates, cut a caper off Sepet, and went in again.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
