pukka
or puck·a
genuine, reliable, or good; proper.
Origin of pukka
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How to use pukka in a sentence
If they were pukka Prayer Books I'd borrow one and try to read it.
Our Casualty And Other Stories | James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. BirminghamSo I leaned over, broke the news to a pukka Boy who was aloft with me, and told him to sing it out.
Stories of the Ships | Lewis R. FreemanThey had begotten "pukka" Cunningham, who had hacked the name deeper yet in the crisscrossed annals of a land of war.
Rung Ho! | Talbot MundyI gave the old fellow a pukka rupee, for which liberal donation the pair pretended to offer up prayers on my behalf.
The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains | Augustus Henry IrbyThey dwelt forcibly on his giving them five rupees, backsheesh—pukka rupees, too.
The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains | Augustus Henry Irby
British Dictionary definitions for pukka
pucka
/ (ˈpʌkə) /
properly or perfectly done, constructed, etc: a pukka road
genuine: pukka sahib
Origin of pukka
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