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• a variation of pukka.

pucka

British  

/ ˈpʌkə /

adjective

1. a less common spelling of pukka

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Example Sentences

Roopur is a largish town, with a Seikh pucka fort on a mound. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

January 6th.—I walked this morning to a village, a mile to the west, in which there is a picturesque pucka house of religion. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

To make sheet lead, the manufacturer mixes 1½ to 3 seers of block tin with a pucka maund of lead, and melts them together in a cast metal pan.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

She was always "a worm" when asked after her health, and everything that pleased her was "pucka."

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

In short, in America where they cannot get a pucka railway, they take a kutcha one instead.

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin