| Back | olio /OH-lee-oh/ |
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| Front | noun A miscellaneous collection of things, for example, a variety show. [From Spanish olla (pot, stew), from Latin olla (pot). Earliest documented use: 1642. Also see olla podrida.] “I will launch into an olio of malapropisms, bad abbreviations, similar words that tend to be used interchangeably.” - All right, Already! Today You Get Plenty of Options; Daily Herald (Illinois); Sep 13, 2015. |
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