cock-a-leekie

American

[kok-uh-lee-kee] / ˌkɒk əˈli ki /

noun

Scottish Cooking.

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

cock-a-leekie British

/ ˌkɒkəˈliːkɪ /

noun

a variant of cockieleekie

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Etymology

Origin of cock-a-leekie

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

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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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