'Pukka' definitions:
Definition of 'pukka'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants" [syn: pukka, pucka]
Definition of 'pukka'
From: GCIDE
- Pucka \Puck"a\, a. [Written also pukka.] [Hind. pakk[=a] cooked, ripe, solid.] Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. [India]
- It's pukka famine, by the looks of it. --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'pukka'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- authentic,
- bona fide,
- fair,
- first class,
- genuine,
- good,
- honorable,
- indubitable,
- out-and-out,
- proper,
- questionless,
- real,
- reliable,
- right,
- simon-pure,
- sure-enough,
- thorough,
- true,
- well done