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Meaning of PUCKA

Pronunciation:  'puku

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (India) absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"
 
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 Synonyms: pukka, superior
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Puck"a\, a. [Written also {pukka}.] [Hind. pakk[=a]
cooked, ripe, solid.]
Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial,
real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of
brick and mortar. [India]
      It's pukka famine, by the looks of it.   --Kipling.
 

 

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