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cock-a-leekie

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cock-a-leek·ie also cock·a·leek·ie  (kk-lk)
n.
A soup made with chicken broth and leeks.
[Alteration of cockie, diminutive of cock + leekie, diminutive of leek.]
cock-a-leekie [ˌkɒkəˈliːkɪ]
n
(Cookery) a variant of cockieleekie
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Noun1.cock-a-leekie - soup made from chicken boiled with leeks
cocky-leeky
soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food


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It is low on dioramas, interactive devices and massive quantities of explanatory matter, and the collections consist of objects brought together by generations of curators to form a sort of cultural cock-a-leekie, a rare Scots dish made to an unrepeatable recipe.
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