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
Then, closing the slate down close, he spun round, cut a caper, struck an attitude, and began sparring and dancing round me in the most absurd manner.
From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
His first impulse was to cut a caper on the roof of the coach, and throw up his cap with a loud hurrah!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829) by Various
