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
Felix cut a caper; and then they went into the room.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
Cut a caper on nothing, said Gymnast; my pages use to cut capers on the ground; to cut a caper on nothing should be hanging and choking, or I am out.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
Will neither gingham nor brocade romp and cut a caper for us?
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
