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 was observed to start suddenly up, and gaze into the sea eagerly for a few seconds; then he cut a caper, slapped his thigh, and ran hastily towards the tent.
From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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
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
