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
His first impulse was to cut a caper on the roof of the coach, and throw up his cap with a loud hurrah!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829) by Various
I smell him; He looks on's legs too, sure he will cut a caper; God-a-mercy, dear December.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Beaumont, Francis
