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cock-a-leekie

[kok-uh-lee-kee]

noun Scottish Cookery.

a soup made with chicken broth, chopped leeks, and sometimes a little oatmeal.

Origin of cock-a-leekie

1765–75; variant of cockie-leekie, equivalent to cock¹ + -ie + leek + -ie

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British Dictionary definitions for cock-a-leekie

cock-a-leekie

noun

a variant of cockieleekie

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