cock-a-leekie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cock-a-leekie
1765–75; variant of cockie-leekie, equivalent to cock 1 + -ie + leek + -ie
Example Sentences
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I came home with a thrilling variety, including chicken gumbo, red lentil and cock-a-leekie, which inspired this recipe.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
And one of my favorite new-to-me chicken soup variations is Scottish cock-a-leekie.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
He insisted on cock-a-leekie, which became one of the firm's bestsellers.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2015
The reply was, that he was not to be spoken withal, being then employed in cooking a mess of cock-a-leekie for the king's own mouth.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
“Well, Nie, the remembrance of that stew, that cock-a-leekie soup, made gipsy-fashion in that lonely island of the ocean, makes me truly hungry to think of even now.”
From O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Stables, Gordon
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