English Explanatory Dictionary

cock-a-leekie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Scottish chicken soup boiled with leeks.

Word forms

cock-a-leekie cock-a-leekies cockaleekie cockyleekie cockyleeky

Etymology

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

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