pucka
Britishadjective
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If, in Indian phrase, he could only become 'pucka' instead of 'kucha'—a permanent instead of temporary judge—he would prefer it to anything in the world.
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When the body is of brick or stone, they call them pucka houses.
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I have, in a former report, asserted that the minimum return of tea for an acre of land may be estimated at 1 pucka maund, or 80 lb.
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Pucka, or burnt bricks are common among the debris, also pottery, but this is of the ordinary sort: I observed but few pucka bricks in the fortification on the west side.
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She was always "a worm" when asked after her health, and everything that pleased her was "pucka."
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