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Cockaleekie

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.

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cockaleekie

n. (alternative form of cock-a-leekie English)

Usage examples of "cockaleekie".

Old Morrison had started off on one of his usual happy harangues about the state of the nation, so that for the first course we had cockaleekie soup, halibut with oyster sauce, and the income tax, removed with minced chicken patties, lamb cutlets, and the Mines Act, followed by a second course of venison in burgundy, fricassee of beef, and the Chartists, with grape ices, bilberry tart, and Ireland for dessert.