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
I guess I cut a caper at Henry's house.
From Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories by Cal Stewart
The clown, having recovered his breath, cut a caper.
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
He would get up suddenly and cut a caper, rubbing his hands every time that the thought of your fresh laurels came into his head.
From The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey
