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
I guess I cut a caper at Henry's house.
From Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories by Stewart, Cal
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
