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carioca|kærɪəˈʊkə|
[Pg.]
1. A native of Rio de Janeiro. Also attrib.
1830R. Walsh Notices of Brazil I. 499 A fountain in the largo or square of the Carioca. Ibid. 500 The term Carioca is applied to a citizen of Rio in the same sense as cockney to a citizen of London. 1925L. E. Elliott in Countries of World V. xxxiii. 3364/2 Every one born in the capital [Rio de Janeiro] is a ‘carioca’; the true native is supposed to be born within sight of the historic Largo de Carioca (a fine square with a great fountain). Ibid. 3372/1 The freedom of the carioca pencil and the pungency of carioca wit. 1965New Statesman 10 Dec. 922/2 The Cariocas have left the cool and attractive hillsides to the shanty-dwellers.
2. A type of dance related to the samba, originating in Brazil; also, the music for this dance.
1934Washington Post 13 Mar. 3/5 The polka has gone out of fashion, but why don't they learn the carioca? 1935Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xviii. 216 A certain brand of cigarette—one puff of which..will make a week-old corpse spring from its bier and dance the Carioca. 1962― Service with Smile iii. 43 A pal of mine who had sprained an ankle while trying to teach choirboys the carioca. |