Alyo


alyo

noun

Any routine task
A person not easily disconcerted; cool hand
A condition of calm or safety
An arrangement between criminals and the police giving the former immunity from arrest or harassment; the FIX

[possibly fr Italian aglio ”garlic,” in the idiom mangiare aglio, literally ”to eat garlic,” meaning to be outwardly calm and placid although perhaps inwardly angry; perhaps related to the folk belief that garlic averts evil]

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