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cock a leekie

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cock-a-leek⋅ie

[kok-uh-lee-kee]
–noun Scottish Cookery.
a soup made with chicken broth, chopped leeks, and sometimes a little oatmeal.

Origin:
1765–75; var. of cockie-leekie, equiv. to cock 1 + -ie + leek + -ie
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