cock-a-leekie

[ kok-uh-lee-kee ]

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

Origin of cock-a-leekie

1
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

/ (ˌkɒkəˈliːkɪ) /


noun
  1. a variant of cockieleekie

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