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One of my favorite aglio e olios had more coarsely ground, but just as crisp, breadcrumbs.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2022

Words ending in io or yo add s; as, folios, nuncios, olios, ratios, embryos.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

The festivities were duly preceded with the religious ceremonies of the great holyday of St. Patrick's feast, and closed by a grand entertainment at night, which included theatricals, recitations and olios of song and sentiment.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

Gargilius, sleek, voluptuous lord, A hundred dainties smoke upon his board; Earth, air, and ocean ransack’d for the feast, In masquerade of foreign olios dress’d.

From A Poetical Cook-Book by Moss, Maria J.

Not dainty now, the squire in haste Fell to, and praised their savory taste; Nay, said his meal had such a gout He ne'er in tarts and olios knew.

From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke