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cock-a-leekie

[ kok-uh-lee-kee ]
/ ˌkɒk əˈli ki /

noun Scottish Cookery.

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

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Nearby words

cock of the woods, cock rock, cock's-foot, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-hoop, cock-a-leekie, cock-and-bull story, cock-of-the-rock, cockabully, cockade, cockaigne

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

/ (ˌkɒkəˈliːkɪ) /

noun

a variant of cockieleekie
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012