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pukka
adjective
certain; reliable; genuine; hence excellent; fashionable UK, 1776
Derives from Hindu pakka which has the meaning of ‘substantial’.- TAYLOR: We weren’t expecting anybody. WATSON [LOOKS UP] This is pukka. This bloke’s a replacement for Reed. — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 83, 1959
- I’ve got a spare magazine and fifty rounds of useable ammo included in the price, which is a fuckin’ pukka bargain. — Donald Gorgon, Cop Killer, p. 60, 1994
- [W]hy doesn’t one of us put on a suit and pose as a potential buyer? Get the keys from the agent and go along all pukka? — Chris Ryan, Stand By, Stand By, p. 94, 1996
- [T]hose ads were just saying to people that Apples were pukka. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 72, 2000
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