Pukka

//ˈpʌkə//

Synonyms for "pukka" (49 found)

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Translations

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Latvian

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  • pirmklasīgs adj (genuine or authentic)
  • īsts adj (genuine or authentic)

Russian

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  • и́стинный adj (genuine or authentic)
  • настоя́щий adj (genuine or authentic)
  • по́длинный adj (genuine or authentic)

Sample sentences

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Maha Rajah said it was necessary to witness it to make it pukka; and they said so too, and then signed it.

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The measures which resulted in the crushing of the mutiny within the Five Rivers, were unquestionably pukka. […] Pukka and kucha statesmanship are, indeed, two things which time rarely fails to detect, just as it tries the durability of a public building or a bridge.

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Mrs. S[mart].— […] Are you not aware, Fanny, that he [Lieut. Marsden] is only Acting-Assistant Sub-Deputy Inspector? Do you imagine that I should give my child to a man whose appointment was not pucka? / F[anny].—But, Mamma, is Mr. Cholmondeley's appointment pucka? / Mrs. S.—How can you talk such nonsense, child? […] Mr. Cholmondeley is a landed gentleman, and draws twelve thousand rupees a month from his estates in Derbyshire, besides holding Government paper to a large amount.

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'No one else here?' he said. 'I thought we were going to have a pukka consultation with all the crowd present – decorations, banners, and salute of guns!'

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