cock-a-leekie

[kok-uh-lee-kee]

noun

Scottish Cooking.

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

cock-a-leekie

/ ˌkɒkəˈliːkɪ /

noun

1. a variant of cockieleekie

Word History and Origins

Origin of cock-a-leekie¹

1765–75; variant of cockie-leekie, equivalent to cock ¹ + -ie + leek + -ie

Example Sentences

It was formerly a favourite ingredient in the Cock-a-Leekie soup of Caledonia, which is so graphically described by Sir Walter Scott, in the Fortunes of Nigel.

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Cock-a-leekie was largely consumed at the Burns Centenary Festival at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, in 1859.

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