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–adjective Anglo-Indian.

genuine, reliable, or good; proper.

Also, pucka.

[Origin: 1690–1700; < Hindi pakkā cooked, ripe, mature

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puk·ka also puck·a Audio Help (pŭk'ə) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Genuine; authentic.
Superior; first-class.

[Hindi pakkā, cooked, ripe, from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, he cooks; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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pukka
adjective
absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"

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pukka

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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