pukka
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pukka /ˈpʌkə/ (also pukkah)
▶adjective informal
- 1 proper or genuine.
■ of or appropriate to high or respectable society.
- 2 Brit. excellent.
– origin C17: from Hindi pakkā ‘cooked, ripe, substantial’.
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