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Definition of Cock-a-leekie
1. Noun. Soup made from chicken boiled with leeks.
Definition of Cock-a-leekie
1. Noun. a chicken soup boiled with leeks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cock-a-leekie
Literary usage of Cock-a-leekie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott (1822)
"And, my lords and lieges, let us all to our dinner, for the cock- a-leekie is
cooling." THE END. ..."
2. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1888)
"But cock-a-leekie or not cock-a-leekie, I was not to be baulked, and no sooner
had he departed to attend to the closing of the other windows and blinds, ..."
3. The Cook and Housewife's Manual: A Practical System of Modern Demestic by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1847)
"Sometimes the capon is served in the tureen with the cock-a-leekie. ... Obs.
Some people thicken cock-a-leekie with the fine part of oatmeal. ..."
4. The Cook and Housewife's Manual: Containing the Most Approved Modern by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1828)
"cock-a-leekie. BOIL from four to six pounds of good shin-beef, well broken, ...
Sometimes the capon is served in the tureen with the cock-a-leekie. ..."
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