Word: cafetin
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...jamming its villas and 671 hotels, it had become for the season Argentina's third city. The renowned Hector y Su Jazz played nightly to capacity crowds at the world's largest casino. Beachgoers dined on steaks two inches thick, tangoed to a new tune called El Cafetin de Buenos Aires, then wound up their day with a fling at roulette. Though nowadays only waiters and casino attendants dressed after dark, much of the-old Argentine formality persisted. Most sedate of all were the descamisados, who packed the half-dozen big government-owned hotels. They seldom danced...