cock-a-leekie
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 leekcock-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 leekcock-a-leekie
Noun
(plural cock-a-leekies)
- a chicken soup boiled with leeks
Origin
alteration of the diminutives cockie (from cock) + leekie (from leek)
