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 the looks of it.
--Kipling.
Wiktionary
a. (alternative form of pukka English)
WordNet
adj. absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants" [syn: pukka]
Wikipedia
Pucka can refer to:
- Púca, a creature of Irish folklore
- Alternative spelling of pukka
Usage examples of "pucka".
Sharpe glanced behind, hoping to see the pucka lees who brought the battalion water, but there was no sign of them.
He suspected the pucka lees were still back with the baggage, which would mean a three-mile walk and, by the time he had found them, the battalion would have slaked its thirst from the wells in the village.
So Sharpe had a servant, a battle had been won, and now he walked south in search of pucka lees Colonel William Dodd watched the Lions of Allah break, and spat with disgust.
The pucka lees were bringing water which they poured into great wooden tubs.
The northern face of the ravine, which looked towards the unconquered Inner Fort, was now crowded with some three thousand redcoats, most of whom did nothing but sit in whatever small shade they could find and grumble that the pucka lees had not fetched water.
I can count, but begging your pardon, sir, what has a pucka lee to do with me?
The pucka lees were all on the strengths of the individual regiments and in battle their job was to keep the fighting men supplied with water.
Hakeswill said, spitting, pucka lees None of his men responded for they knew well enough to leave Sergeant Hakeswill alone when he was in a more than usually foul mood.
He watched as the sepoys hurried back to their ranks and as the first pucka lees appeared from the nearby Kaitna with their huge loads of canteens and waterskins.
In charge of pucka lees sir, making sure the scavenging little brutes does their duty, sir, and nothing else, sir.
He unbent sufficiently to give a swift nod in the direction of the 778th where, sure enough, a group of pucka lees was distributing heavy skins of water they had brought from the river.
The bushlanger can run at full speed ten minutes after birth, and the pucka rat comes out mean and ready to bite as soon as it hits the air.
Fitzsimmons would arm his men from the Complex with knives or riot clubs, but there was always the chance that sneaky pucka rat Andros would escape.
The pucka lees were all on the strengths of the individual regiments and in battle their job was to keep the fighting men supplied with water.
He watched as the sepoys hurried back to their ranks and as the first pucka lees appeared from the nearby Kaitna with their huge loads of canteens and waterskins.