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[ UK /pˈʌkɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. absolutely first class and genuine
    pukka sahib
    pukka quarters with a swarm of servants

How To Use pukka In A Sentence

  • They are pukka and top drawer, but with a teeny-weeny, alternative streak.
  • The pukka school, which charges parents £18,750 a year to take the weans off their hands, is going through troubled times.
  • With Maugham it is a kind of stoical resignation, the stiff upper lip of the pukka sahib somewhere east of Suez, carrying on with his job without believing in it, like an Antonine Emperor. Inside the Whale
  • _ The breaks in the saltpan exposed the waiting pukkawood seeds so that they could receive the elusive rain. Asimov's Science Fiction
  • Punters are being warned that buying tickets from illegitimate online sources will cost them almost 70 per cent more than buying pukka tickets.
  • `I'll look after Mrs Masterson," he said, in his most pukka voice. POLITICAL SUICIDE
  • The pukka school, which charges parents 18,750 a year to take the weans off their hands, is going through troubled times.
  • But we persuaded Gil we were actually pukka, so he allowed us to interview him.
  • As Patrick stares blankly at the rabbi, Rebecca's dad gets up and explains in his polished and pukka, but perceptibly unEnglish accent: THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
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