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n. - Soup made from chicken boiled with leeks.

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Usage examples (14)
  • The cock-a-leekie soup was his culinary magnum opus.
  • And the Scotsman, he ordered a bowl of cock-a-leekie soup ...
  • And the Scotsman, he ordered a bowl of cock-a-leekie soup . . .
  • After which he let the young man simmer gently for five minutes, like so much reheated cock-a-leekie.
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