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pukka(dictionary)

pukka (iou)



pukka adjective & noun. Orig. Anglo-Indian. Also pukkah, pucka. L17.
[Hindi pakka cooked, ripe, substantial.]
A. adjective.
Of full weight, full; genuine. L17.
Of a fever: severe; malignant. M-L18.
Certain, reliable; authentic, true; proper, socially acceptable. Freq. in pukka sahib, a socially acceptable man, a true gentleman. L18.
C. Mullard Pukka members of the white Establishment.
Permanent; (of a building) solidly built. L18.
Excellent, of the very best; fashionable. colloq. L20.
b. noun.
A composite permanent building material. Now rare or obsolete. E18.
A copper coin. Now rare or obsolete. E19.