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Definition: COCKALEEKIE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cockaleekie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Cockaleekie \Cock`a*leek"ie\, noun. [From cock leek.]. (references)

Definition: COCKALEEKIE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "COCKALEEKIE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Cockaleekie \Cock`a*leek"ie\, noun. [From cock leek.]. (references)