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olla-podrida

[ol-uh puh-dree-duh; Sp. aw-lyah paw-three-thah, aw-yah]

ol·la po·dri·da

[ol-uh puh-dree-duh; Sp. aw-lyah paw-three-thah, aw-yah]
noun
1.
a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
2.
an incongruous mixture or miscellany; olio.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Spanish: literally, rotten pot
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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