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 am so delighted that I would immediately cut a caper or two, were people not looking on, who would laugh at it.

From Sganarelle, or, the Self-Deceived Husband by Molière

Then, closing the slate down close, he spun round, cut a caper, struck an attitude, and began sparring and dancing round me in the most absurd manner.

From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)

Cā′perer, a dancer.—To cut a caper, to dance or act fantastically.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various