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The great cartoon fowls — Daffy Duck above all, of course, but also Donald and Daisy and Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk — were capering capons safe from human predation.

From Time • Oct. 31, 2013

THE pretty things of Knightsbridge were capering around Hyde Park in the sun, as white-haired old sailors made their way into the Royal Thames Yacht Club to nap.

From New York Times • May 25, 2011

They were capering about and contemplating each other's face with uproarious delight, while the blacksmith, though internally chuckling at their antics, preserved a decent gravity, and prepared to go to his house.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various

Its actions were contagious, for the next minute fully a hundred of the long-legged bipeds were capering about the marsh in a frantic dance, snapping their bills, and evidently enjoying this ebullition of fantastic gambols.

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.

The park round the old gray pile was starred with primroses, and ghost-like little lambs were capering noiselessly in the fields.

From A Lame Dog's Diary by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)