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olios Definition


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olio
noun olios
    1a. cookery.
      A highly spiced Spanish or Portuguese stew of different sorts of meat and vegetables;
    1b. cookery.
      Any dish containing a mixture of many different ingredients.
    2. A mixture or medley.
    3. A variety show.
Etymology: 17c: from Spanish olla and Portuguese olha, from Latin olla a jar or pot.



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