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
If you can't afford joists stiff enough to hold you without jarring, even when you chance to cut a caper with the baby, defer building till you are a little richer.
From Homes and How to Make Them by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)
He was observed to start suddenly up, and gaze into the sea eagerly for a few seconds; then he cut a caper, slapped his thigh, and ran hastily towards the tent.
From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Upon Saturday last ... the Duke did rise up, in a well-disposed humour, out of his bed, and cut a caper or two....
From Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850 by Various
