cock-a-leekie

cock-a-leek·ie

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Definitions of cock-a-leekie word

noun cock-a-leekie a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks 3
noun cock-a-leekie a soup made with chicken broth, chopped leeks, and sometimes a little oatmeal. 1
noun cock-a-leekie a chicken soup boiled with leeks. 0

before 1765

One of the 46% newest English words

1765-75; variant of cockie-leekie, equivalent to cock1 + -ie + leek + -ie

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