cut a caper
English
Verb
- To frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 1, scene 3,
- Sir Andrew: Faith, I can cut a caper.
- Sir Toby Belch: And I can cut the mutton to't.
- 1845 October – 1846 June, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: A Novel, volume XXXIV, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher, […], published December 1847, OCLC 156123328:
- I thought he intended to cut a caper round the bed; but suddenly composing himself, he fell on his knees.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 1, scene 3,
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