Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The buds of the caper-plant. See
caper .
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- noun Plural form of
caper . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
caper .
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Examples
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Kate Jackson was a single mother who got caught up in capers with Bruce Boxleitner as the spy code-named Scarecrow.
DVD Deals and an Upcoming Favorite » DVDs Worth Watching 2009
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You can also substitute in capers for the olives if preferred.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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Marcella explains why: The tart corrective of the capers is just what the carrots need to add a little zip to their otherwise passive sweetness.
Archive 2008-05-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Marcella explains why: The tart corrective of the capers is just what the carrots need to add a little zip to their otherwise passive sweetness.
Recipe: Carrots with Capers (Kαρότα με Kάπαρης) Laurie Constantino 2008
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You can also substitute in capers for the olives if preferred.
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Who is AC going to fight anyway? over zealous walrus smackers? evil penguin capers? over active krill give me a gorram break.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Aquaman pilot swims to WB Network 2005
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Modern identity theft is now about elaborate long-term capers that achieve massive payoffs, with the unpaid bills getting dumped in your lap.
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Modern identity theft is now about elaborate long-term capers that achieve massive payoffs, with the unpaid bills getting dumped in your lap.
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"Lady's Pleasure," a Morris-jig for two men, lays hold of you at the first bar, and again with a fresh grip and a tighter as the music slows up for the dancers to do their "capers" -- all to the music of Mr. Cecil
Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 Various 1898
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This certainly isn't Dark Knight territory, but for Ritchie, who brings such a unique sensibility to albeit modestly produced double-crossing capers, that is marked success by most accounts.
RocknRolla Gets Early Praise - Guy Ritchie Confirms Sequels « FirstShowing.net 2008
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