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
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
Felix cut a caper; and then they went into the room.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
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 Southey, Robert
