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olio

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olio toscano novello 2008
verde, fruttato ed aromatico 3 olive sulla guida slow food 2007
www.castelloilpalagio.it

o⋅li⋅o

  [oh-lee-oh]
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–noun, plural o⋅li⋅os.
1. a dish of many ingredients.
2. Informal. olla podrida (def. 2).
3. a mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge.
4. a medley or potpourri, as of musical or literary selections; miscellany.
5. Theater.
a. a specialty act performed downstage while the upstage set is changed.
b. a performance, as a musical number, presented between scenes or acts.
c. drop scene (def. 1).
d. a program of variety acts, esp. the second half of a minstrel show.
Origin:
1635–45; < Sp olla pot, stew < L olla, ōla pot, jar
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olio toscano novello 2008
verde, fruttato ed aromatico 3 olive sulla guida slow food 2007
www.castelloilpalagio.it
o·li·o   (ō'lē-ō')   
n.   pl. o·li·os

  1. A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas.

    1. A mixture or medley; a hodgepodge.

    2. A collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces; a miscellany.

  3. Vaudeville or musical entertainment presented between the acts of a burlesque or minstrel show.


[Alteration of Spanish olla, pot; see olla.]
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