A dish much eaten at sea, composed of salt beef, biscuit and onions, well peppered, and stewed together.
·noun A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, ·etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an <<Oli...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An olla-podrida of salt-meat, biscuit, potatoes, onions, spices, &c., minced small and stewed togeth...
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