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cock-a-leekie

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cock-a-leek⋅ie

  [kok-uh-lee-kee]
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–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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cock-a-leek·ie also cock·a·leek·ie   (kŏk'ə-lē'kē)   
n.  A soup made with chicken broth and leeks.

[Alteration of cockie, diminutive of cock1 + leekie, diminutive of leek.]
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