Sc. Also cockie-, cock-a-leekie. ‘Soup made of a cock boiled with leeks’ (Jam.).
1771. Foote, Maid of B., III. i. Lady Cath. … The bride’s … dinner, shall be furnished by me. Sir Chr. Cock-a-leeky soup. Lady Cath. Sheep head’s singed, and haggies in plenty.
1814. Scott, Wav., lxvi. Cocky-leeky and Scotch collops soon reeked in the Bailie’s little parlour. Ibid. (1822), Nigel, xxxvii. Let us all to our dinner, for the cock-a-leekie’s cooling.
1865. Daily Tel., 2 Dec., 7/2. The savoury haggis and the unassuming cock-a-leekie.
