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Definition of Pucka
1. Adjective. Absolutely first class and genuine. "Pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"
Geographical relationships: Bharat, India, Republic Of India
Similar to: Superior
Definition of Pucka
1. a. Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar.
Definition of Pucka
1. Adjective. (alternative form of pukka) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pucka
1. pukka [adj] - See also: pukka
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pucka
Literary usage of Pucka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
""The queen reigns, but her ministers are the pucka rulers." A suffragan bishop,
an honorary canon, a Lynch-judge, a lieutenant-colonel, the temporary editor ..."
2. The English Factories in India, 1618-1621: A Calendar of Documents in the by William Foster (1906)
"... pucka of 9 maunds per camell, which at 14! rup[ees] per ... pucka amounts to
rup[ees] 2315}.' Also sent, some loose pieces of ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1866)
"THE DAWK BUNGALOW; OE, 'IS HIS APPOINTMENT pucka?'* BY G. 0. TREVELYAN. ...
'pucka'—a term of general application, implying 'perfect/ or ' complete. ..."
4. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"there is no surer test by which to measure the prosperity of the people than the
number of pucka houses that are being built. ..."
5. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"A little above this beautiful stream, some miserable pucka sheds pointed out ...
I observe that there are in the town (Dehli) many buildings pucka-built, ..."
6. Manual of the Administration of the Madras Presidency by Madras (Presidency) (1885)
"The ' marcam ' of 12 pucka seers was formerly in use, being the same as the ...
There is also a pucka seer nominally 64 dubs, ..."
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