olio

1. A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas.
2. 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.]

[OH-lyoh] Italian for "oil".

noun

A collection of various things: assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety. Slang grab bag. See collect/distribute.