Dance with dips and leaps

Usage examples of carioca.

She shuffled through her big shoulder bag and pulled out her pegboard chess set, stuffing Carioca into the bag in its place.

ENTERING his limousine, The Shadow ordered Stanley to drive to the Club Carioca, a glittering night club not far from Times Square.

The Club Carioca belonged to a very shady gentleman known as Beak Barlett.

For two years, Beak had been idle, so far as crooked work was concerned, unless trimming customers at the Club Carioca could be termed a crime.

CHAPTER VII THE NEW INFORMANT UPON leaving the Club Carioca, The Shadow had gone to call on Joseph Mileson.

Harry Vincent, his duty at the Club Carioca ended for the night, was making the rounds of hotels, inquiring for certain guests whose names were relayed to him.

Strolling into the Club Carioca, The Shadow, by seemingly being hard to satisfy as to a table location, managed to wangle one close to Beak's office.

There were early diners in the Club Carioca, but Treefe scarcely noticed them while being conducted to Beak's office.

Entering Moe's cab outside the Club Carioca, The Shadow opened a suitcase that lay on the seat and began rapid changes in attire, while Moe drove along darkened streets.

The streets were literally wall-to-wall with cariocas, dancing the samba, sweating, laughing, staggering in the heat, celebrating in the biggest spontaneous outpouring of joy that the city had ever seen.