cock-a-leekie

cock-a-leek·ie

Scot. a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks

Origin of cock-a-leekie

variant, variety of cocky-leeky from cocky, diminutive of cock + leeky, diminutive of leek

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cock-a-leekie

also cock·a·leek·ie

noun

A soup made with chicken broth and leeks.

Origin of cock-a-leekie

Alteration of cockie diminutive of cock ¹ leekie diminutive of leek

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Noun

(uncountable)

Alternative form of cock-a-leekie.

Noun

(plural cock-a-leekies)

a chicken soup boiled with leeks

Origin

alteration of the diminutives cockie (from cock) + leekie (from leek)

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