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

For somewhiles he would whistle and somewhiles he would gape, and otherwhiles he would cut a caper or two.

From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Pyle, Howard

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

The bumpkins all stared, and Nancy began to awake and find out that a sailor knew how to cut a caper.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford