cock-a-leekie
/kɒkəˈliːki
/noun [mass noun]
A soup traditionally made in Scotland with chicken and leeks.There are some recipes which specifically call for a cockerel and of these the best known are the Scottish cock-a-leekie and the French coq au vin....
- In the catering caravan a chef is spooning cock-a-leekie soup into a polystyrene cup for a weary-looking man.
- The traditional dish of haggis, neeps and tatties was also on the menu along with cock-a-leekie soup.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from cock1 and leek.
Rhymes
- take leave of one's senses
- take leave to do something
- take liberties
- Takelma
- take measures
- take no notice
- take no prisoners
- take note
- take notice
- take occasion
- take odds
- take off
- take-off board
- take-off roll
- take-off speed
- take on
- take one for the team
- take one's chance
- take one's courage in both hands
- take one's cue from
- take oneself off
- take one's hat off to
- take one's leave
- take one's life in one's hands
- take one's medicine