The Collaborative International Dictionary
cock-a-leekie
Cockaleekie \Cock`a*leek"ie\, cock-a-leekie \cock-a-leekie\, n. A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky.
Wiktionary
cock-a-leekie
n. a chicken soup boiled with leeks
WordNet
cock-a-leekie
n. soup made from chicken boiled with leeks [syn: cocky-leeky]
Usage examples of "cock-a-leekie".
The meal started with cock-a-leekie soup served with small meat-filled pastries called bridies, followed by lamb stew with barley and nee ps as well as a dish of tat ties and onions called stovies.