Brewer's: O'lio

or Oglio. A mixture or medley of any sort. (Spanish, olla, a pot for boiling similar to what the French call their pot au feu. The olio is the mixture of bread, vegetables, spices, meat, etc., boiled in this pot.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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