(originally, South Asia) Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper.
Maha Rajah said it was necessary to witness it to make it pukka; and they said so too, and then signed it.
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(South Asia) Constructed as a permanent building, with high-quality materials (especially fired clay bricks and tiles as opposed to unfired mud and thatch).
The measures which resulted in the crushing of the mutiny within the Five Rivers, were unquestionably pukka. Pukka and kucha statesmanship are, indeed, two things which time rarely fails to detect, just as it tries the durability of a pu…
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(Britain, slang) Superior or of high quality; first-class; excellent.
Mrs. S[mart].— Are you not aware, Fanny, that he [Lieut. Marsden] is only Acting-Assistant Sub-Deputy Inspector? Do you imagine that I should give my child to a man whose appointment was not pucka? / F[anny].—But, Mamma, is Mr. Cholmonde…
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