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Authentic sound coming from cockle
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pukka
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 genuine or authentic 2 superior or of high quality; first-class 3 ripe (of fruit) 4 fully cooked (of food)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pukka (Hindi , Urdu pakkā ) is a word of Hindi and Urdu origin, literally meaning "cooked, ripe" and figuratively "fully formed", "solid", "permanent", "for real" or "sure". In UK slang, it can mean "genuine" or simply "very good"; see also pukka sahib ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants" [syn: pucka ]
Usage examples of pukka.
Blade knew that the Khad had sent a messenger to Pukka, in the south of Cath, to demand a great ransom for him.
I come from Pukka, sent as special envoy by the High Emperor of all the Caths, to replace the Low Emperor, Mei Saka, and find out why you Mongs cannot be defeated.
It is true that I come from Pukka, sent as special envoy by the High Emperor of all the Caths, to replace the Low Emperor, Mei Saka, and find out why you Mongs cannot be defeated.
These are all pukka sahibs, Englishmen, many officers of the Army who once dwelt in your homeland and, I presume, did harm to your people there.