Meaning

1 senses

  1. A Scottish chicken soup boiled with leeks.

    soup made from chicken boiled with leeks

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: cock-a-leekies

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • soup made from chicken boiled with leeks:cocky-leeky

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coccyxcockcockatielcockerelcockfight

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