pukkaadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpʌkə/, U.S.

/ˈpəkə/

Forms:

α. 1600s– pucka, 1700s–1800s puckah, 1700s– pucker, 1700s– pukka, 1800s– pucca, 1800s– pukkha, 1900s– pukkah.

β. 1800s– pakka.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Panjabi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Panjabi pakkā; Hindi pakkā.

Etymology: < Panjabi pakkā and its cognate Hindi pakkā cooked, ripe, mature, thorough, substantial, permanent < Sanskrit pakva cooked, ripe, fully developed. Compare kachcha adj. in the opposing sense.

A. adj.

1. Esp. in South Asian contexts: (of a weight or measure) full, good; the largest possible; (in extended use) complete, in full measure. Now rare.Often applied to the larger of two units or weights of the same name. With reference to coins, H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at pice says: ‘The distinction was sometimes between the regularly minted copper of the Government and certain amorphous pieces of copper which did duty for small change (e.g. in the N.W. Provinces within memory), or between single and double pice, i.e. ¼ anna-pieces and ½ anna-pieces.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective]

goodeOE

broadOE

fullOE

large?c1225

rifec1225

fulsomea1325

abundanta1382

plenteousa1382

copiousc1384

plentifula1400

ranka1400

aboundc1425

affluentc1425

aboundable?1440

seedy1440

manyfulc1450

ample1472

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fat1563

numbrous1566

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bumper1836

prolific1890

proliferous1915

1619 List of Goods 20 Feb. in W. Foster Eng. Factories India, 1618–21 (1906) 74 99 camells ladinge are pucka... 70 camells are cutcha.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia iv. vii. 205 The Maund Pucka at Agra is double as much [as the Surat Maund].

1795 Bengal Kalendar 69 At Surat a pucka Maund is used, which is equal to the Calcutta Factory Maund.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 43 It should be in sufficient quantities to give 72 pucca seers for each load.

1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 12 ‘Here,’ said he, ‘is four pucker-pice for Mary to spend in the bazar.’

1975 Bangladesh Observer 25 July 7/3 (advt.) Pucca Bales.

†2. South Asian. Of a fever: severe; malignant. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1765 F. Martin Let. 1 Oct. in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) (1768) 57 219 Malignant fevers,..here termed pucker fevers, meaning (in the natives language) strong fevers.

1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 206 Those deadly putrid fevers, which carries [sic] off the patient in a few hours, known by the name of pucker fevers.

1798 T. Pennant View Hindoostan II. 325 The illness of which most people die is what is called here a pucker fever.

1853 J. H. Siddons in Househ. Words 25 June 401/2 The Collector was not sufficiently puckah (severe).

a. Originally South Asian or in South Asian context: sure, certain, reliable; genuine, bona fide, correct. Hence more generally: real, not sham; (of information) factually correct; (of persons) authentic, not pretended; proper or correct in behaviour, socially acceptable (cf. echt adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real

soothc888

soothlyc888

soothfastc1175

germanec1384

truea1398

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righteous1543

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truepennya1556

arrant1570

uncounterfeited1571

real1573

current1578

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unforged1610

unpretended1611

legitime1614

unabusinga1628

Lubish1632

genuine1639

undissembled1651

undissimulate1652

ingenuine1661

infallacious1677

real live1684

unfalsified1688

unmistaken1694

pukka1776

undissimulated1776

unassumed1818

uncynical1824

Simon Pure1834

sure-enough1837

unsimulated1840

straight-out1848

true blue1852

veritable1862

really (and) truly1864

authentic1868

true-metal1868

kosher1896

twenty-four carat1900

honest to goodness1905

echt1916

dinky-di1918

McCoy1928

twenty-two carat1962

right1969

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > reliability > [adjective]

sickerc1100

very1303

certainc1325

trustyc1390

soothfasta1400

surea1400

unfailingc1400

unfailablea1525

unfallible1529

infailable1561

reliable1569

cocksurea1575

faithful1611

infalliblea1616

well-proven1639

unfallida1641

indefailable1693

securea1729

pukka1776

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > respectable

substantious1490

proper1600

creditable1624

decent1712

respectable1750

gradely1763

pukka1776

nice1799

salonfähig1905

quite1907

resp1922

society > communication > information > [adjective] > factually correct

pukka1858

1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 102/1 Maha Rajah said it was necessary to witness it to make it pukka.

1857 Ld. Lawrence in R. B. Smith Life Ld. Lawrence (1883) II. i. 11 Your Lahore men have done nobly... Donald, Roberts, Mac, and Dick are all of them, pucca trumps.

1858 Col. Keith Young in Diary & Corr. (1902) App. D. 329 On receiving pucka information..that the Insurgents were at Singpore.

1893 G. Allen Scallywag I. 44 That's a good word... Is it pucker English, I wonder.

1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. v. 113 My boy's at home, convalescing, and if he says you're pukka, I'll ask your pardon.

1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India i. iii. 26 Mrs. Turton..remarked that Mr. Fielding wasn't pukka, and had better marry Miss Quested, for she wasn't pukka.

1948 Observer 25 Apr. 2/1 Produced for the Government of Southern Rhodesia, that forty minute film..is one of many from British studios that are being specially commissioned to give straightforward information on important subjects—in fact ‘pukka gen’.

1967 R. Singha & R. Massey Indian Dances xviii. 157 These barracks once the epitome of pukka British army tradition, for many years echoed all day to the sounds and rhythms of Indian music.

1976 Physics Bull. Nov. 480/1 What it does show is a pucka trade union doing a proper trade union job.

2006 Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. 20 Adopting her own pukka English tones.

b. British slang. Excellent, superb; ‘cool’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]

faireOE

bremea1000

goodlyOE

goodfulc1275

noblec1300

pricec1300

specialc1325

gentlec1330

fine?c1335

singulara1340

thrivena1350

thriven and throa1350

gaya1375

properc1380

before-passinga1382

daintiful1393

principala1398

gradelya1400

burlyc1400

daintyc1400

thrivingc1400

voundec1400

virtuousc1425

hathelc1440

curiousc1475

singlerc1500

beautiful1502

rare?a1534

gallant1539

eximious1547

jolly1548

egregious?c1550

jellyc1560

goodlike1562

brawc1565

of worth1576

brave?1577

surprising1580

finger-licking1584

admirablea1586

excellinga1586

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pure1609

starryc1610

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lovely1614

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preclarent1623

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splendid1644

sterling1647

licking1648

spankinga1666

rattling1690

tearing1693

famous1695

capital1713

yrare1737

pure and —1742

daisy1757

immense1762

elegant1764

super-extra1774

trimming1778

grand1781

gallows1789

budgeree1793

crack1793

dandy1794

first rate1799

smick-smack1802

severe1805

neat1806

swell1810

stamming1814

divine1818

great1818

slap-up1823

slapping1825

high-grade1826

supernacular1828

heavenly1831

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slick1833

rip-roaring1834

boss1836

lummy1838

flash1840

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way up1843

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jammy1853

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up to dick1863

nifty1865

premier cru1866

slap-bang1866

clinking1868

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spiffing1872

all wool and a yard wide1882

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ding-dong1887

jim-dandy1888

extra-special1889

yum-yum1890

out of sight1891

outasight1893

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large1895

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hot dog1896

to die for1898

yummy1899

deevy1900

peachy1900

hi1901

v.g.1901

v.h.c.1901

divvy1903

doozy1903

game ball1905

goodo1905

bosker1906

crackerjack1910

smashinga1911

jake1914

keen1914

posh1914

bobby-dazzling1915

juicy1916

pie on1916

jakeloo1919

snodger1919

whizz-bang1920

wicked1920

four-star1921

wow1921

Rolls-Royce1922

whizz-bang1922

wizard1922

barry1923

nummy1923

ripe1923

shrieking1926

crazy1927

righteous1930

marvy1932

cool1933

plenty1933

brahmaa1935

smoking1934

solid1935

mellow1936

groovy1937

tough1937

bottler1938

fantastic1938

readyc1938

ridge1938

super-duper1938

extraordinaire1940

rumpty1940

sharp1940

dodger1941

grouse1941

perfecto1941

pipperoo1945

real gone1946

bosting1947

supersonic1947

whizzo1948

neato1951

peachy-keen1951

ridgey-dite1953

ridgy-didge1953

top1953

whizzing1953

badass1955

wild1955

belting1956

magic1956

bitching1957

swinging1958

ridiculous1959

a treat1959

fab1961

bad-assed1962

uptight1962

diggish1963

cracker1964

marv1964

radical1964

bakgat1965

unreal1965

pearly1966

together1968

safe1970

bad1971

brilliant1971

fabby1971

schmick1972

butt-kicking1973

ripper1973

Tiffany1973

bodacious1976

rad1976

kif1978

awesome1979

death1979

killer1979

fly1980

shiok1980

stonking1980

brill1981

dope1981

to die1982

mint1982

epic1983

kicking1983

fabbo1984

mega1985

ill1986

posho1989

pukka1991

lovely jubbly1992

awesomesauce2001

nang2002

bess2006

amazeballs2009

boasty2009

daebak2009

beaut2013

1991 Sun 13 June 23/6 Hey, man, that shirt's pukka.

1996 Observer 5 May (Review section) 7/6 Girls mug girls for jewellery or pukka clothes.

2002 C. Newland Snakeskin xix. 255 ‘Yuh mum's pukka,’ Davey chimed in, with so much passion I knew he wasn't just being polite.

4. South Asian. Of a building or other construction: permanent, solidly-built, esp. made of stone or brick and mortar (opposed to kachcha adj.); (of a building material) high-quality.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [adjective] > qualities of building generally

substantious1529

lightsome1548

standing1624

substantial1624

prospectless1656

light1765

pukka1777

low-browed1810

tavernous1866

barrack-like1915

demountable1939

1777 F. Gladwin tr. A. Mubarak Ayin Akbaray 24 Orisa contains one hundred and twenty-nine Puckah forts, subject to the command of Gujeputty.

1814 M. M. Sherwood Hist. Little Henry & his Bearer 7 A lady, who lived..in a large puckah house near the river.

1859 J. W. Palmer New & Old 271 My Parsee neighbor, the amiable Gheber..in the pucka house that adjoined my own in Cossitollah.

1862 H. D. Torrens Trav. Tartary 321 Pucka..when applied to a road, means it is a metalled one; when to a wall, that it is solid masonry.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson at Cutcha A cutcha brick is a sun-dried brick. A pucka brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick.

1897 Daily News 17 June 5/7 At Dhubri all pakka buildings have been demolished.

1917 P. Geddes in J. Tyrwhitt Patrick Geddes in India (1947) 46 They cannot always afford to demolish a pukka (well built) dwelling when a katcha (mud built) one on the opposite side of the road may be purchased far more cheaply.

1975 Bangladesh Observer 26 July 1/4 Due to onrush of flood waters of River Teesta, a number of roads and pucca bridges at Gangachara and Kotwali Police Stations were washed away.

1992 Daily Tel. 17 ‘We told her that a mud hut would do, but she said no, she'd build something pukka.’ A pukka building was duly erected.

2001 J. Vyas in B. Lemire et al. Women & Credit ix. 163 We were living in a hut..when we came to Ahmedabad; now we have a pukka house, with bed and fan.

5. Reliable, persistent, perennial; (of a position or appointment in South Asia) permanent. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective]

stablea1300

durablec1386

during1398

durant1455

permanent?a1475

standingc1480

perseverablea1500

indelible1532

of long standinga1568

permansible1568

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dureful1595

subsistent1603

subsisting1613

staple1621

constant1645

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throughout1701

untemporary1784

pukka1801

rock-ribbed1903

hardwired1971

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 160/1 Near it the Nurbudda springs from a small pucka-coond or well that furnishes a perennial stream.

1866 Trevelyan in Fraser's Mag. 73 215 The Dawk Bungalow; or, Is his Appointment Pucka?

1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 251 You do not become pukka [sc. permanent] till you have passed the autumn examination... Only, if you succeed in becoming pukka, you can rise, you know, to four hundred and fifty a month.

1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) viii. 247 He didn't get any compensation because he was not in pukka service.

†B. n.

1. A building material of a permanent nature, esp. a type of solid mortar. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > of a permanent nature

pukka1712

1712 in C. R. Wilson Early Ann. Eng. in Bengal (1900) II. i. 51 The middle of the Banksall Yard having thatcht houses for Godowns for Navall stores etc. which is very Inconvenient and dangerous on Account of fire, Agreed we pull them down and build a Godown with Brick and Pucca for the Same.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 9 Fort William was built..of Brick and Morter called Puckah, a Composition of Brick-dust, Lime, Malasses, and cut Hemp.

1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) II. VIII. i. 237 The plan of it [sc. Fort William] was an irregular tetragon, built with brick, and mortar called puckah.

2. A copper coin (short for pukka pice: see quot. 1818 at sense A. 1). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1816 Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady i. 12 I'll make her a present of two puckah, to purchase cotton for a beginning.

c1817 M. M. Sherwood Stories 66 I am sure I strive, and strive, and yet last month I could only lay by eight rupees and four puckers.

Compounds

pukka sahib n. a person (usually a man) of good family, ability, or credentials; one who is socially acceptable (cf. sahib n. 2).

ΚΠ

1898 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 17 Oct. He said, ‘he loved her [sc. a steamer] like his life, and he'd not trust her to any one except a pukka sahib.’

1936 V. Elwin Leaves from Jungle 171 What they really meant was that none of the other white men were so handsome, and that no one was such a pukka sahib as myself!

1955 Sci. Amer. Feb. 116/3 The injunctions and other brawling seem now to have subsided, with general agreement that while Buhl may not be a pukka sahib, he is a peerless climber.

1991 L. Fosburgh India Gate i. v. 33 He became quite the pukka sahib.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. vii. 25 Vivid individual histories..that allow us to see real people beyond the caricature of starched pukka sahibs dressing nightly for dinner in remote up-country bungalows.

pukka sahibdom n. rare the condition or state of being a pukka sahib.

ΚΠ

1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days v. 88 The smell of pukka sahibdom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pukka
释义	pukkaadj.n. Brit. /ˈpʌkə/, U.S. /ˈpəkə/ Forms: α. 1600s– pucka, 1700s–1800s puckah, 1700s– pucker, 1700s– pukka, 1800s– pucca, 1800s– pukkha, 1900s– pukkah. β. 1800s– pakka. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Panjabi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Panjabi pakkā; Hindi pakkā. Etymology: < Panjabi pakkā and its cognate Hindi pakkā cooked, ripe, mature, thorough, substantial, permanent < Sanskrit pakva cooked, ripe, fully developed. Compare kachcha adj. in the opposing sense. A. adj. 1. Esp. in South Asian contexts: (of a weight or measure) full, good; the largest possible; (in extended use) complete, in full measure. Now rare.Often applied to the larger of two units or weights of the same name. With reference to coins, H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at pice says: ‘The distinction was sometimes between the regularly minted copper of the Government and certain amorphous pieces of copper which did duty for small change (e.g. in the N.W. Provinces within memory), or between single and double pice, i.e. ¼ anna-pieces and ½ anna-pieces.’ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 1619 List of Goods 20 Feb. in W. Foster Eng. Factories India, 1618–21 (1906) 74 99 camells ladinge are pucka... 70 camells are cutcha. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia iv. vii. 205 The Maund Pucka at Agra is double as much [as the Surat Maund]. 1795 Bengal Kalendar 69 At Surat a pucka Maund is used, which is equal to the Calcutta Factory Maund. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 43 It should be in sufficient quantities to give 72 pucca seers for each load. 1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 12 ‘Here,’ said he, ‘is four pucker-pice for Mary to spend in the bazar.’ 1975 Bangladesh Observer 25 July 7/3 (advt.) Pucca Bales. †2. South Asian. Of a fever: severe; malignant. Also in extended use. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1765 F. Martin Let. 1 Oct. in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) (1768) 57 219 Malignant fevers,..here termed pucker fevers, meaning (in the natives language) strong fevers. 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 206 Those deadly putrid fevers, which carries [sic] off the patient in a few hours, known by the name of pucker fevers. 1798 T. Pennant View Hindoostan II. 325 The illness of which most people die is what is called here a pucker fever. 1853 J. H. Siddons in Househ. Words 25 June 401/2 The Collector was not sufficiently puckah (severe). 3. a. Originally South Asian or in South Asian context: sure, certain, reliable; genuine, bona fide, correct. Hence more generally: real, not sham; (of information) factually correct; (of persons) authentic, not pretended; proper or correct in behaviour, socially acceptable (cf. echt adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real soothc888 soothlyc888 soothfastc1175 germanec1384 truea1398 sickera1400 upright?a1500 uncounterfeita1542 righteous1543 legitimate1551 truepennya1556 arrant1570 uncounterfeited1571 real1573 current1578 genuinal1599 unforged1610 unpretended1611 legitime1614 unabusinga1628 Lubish1632 genuine1639 undissembled1651 undissimulate1652 ingenuine1661 infallacious1677 real live1684 unfalsified1688 unmistaken1694 pukka1776 undissimulated1776 unassumed1818 uncynical1824 Simon Pure1834 sure-enough1837 unsimulated1840 straight-out1848 true blue1852 veritable1862 really (and) truly1864 authentic1868 true-metal1868 kosher1896 twenty-four carat1900 honest to goodness1905 echt1916 dinky-di1918 McCoy1928 twenty-two carat1962 right1969 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > reliability > [adjective] sickerc1100 very1303 certainc1325 trustyc1390 soothfasta1400 surea1400 unfailingc1400 unfailablea1525 unfallible1529 infailable1561 reliable1569 cocksurea1575 faithful1611 infalliblea1616 well-proven1639 unfallida1641 indefailable1693 securea1729 pukka1776 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > respectable substantious1490 proper1600 creditable1624 decent1712 respectable1750 gradely1763 pukka1776 nice1799 salonfähig1905 quite1907 resp1922 society > communication > information > [adjective] > factually correct pukka1858 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 102/1 Maha Rajah said it was necessary to witness it to make it pukka. 1857 Ld. Lawrence in R. B. Smith Life Ld. Lawrence (1883) II. i. 11 Your Lahore men have done nobly... Donald, Roberts, Mac, and Dick are all of them, pucca trumps. 1858 Col. Keith Young in Diary & Corr. (1902) App. D. 329 On receiving pucka information..that the Insurgents were at Singpore. 1893 G. Allen Scallywag I. 44 That's a good word... Is it pucker English, I wonder. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. v. 113 My boy's at home, convalescing, and if he says you're pukka, I'll ask your pardon. 1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India i. iii. 26 Mrs. Turton..remarked that Mr. Fielding wasn't pukka, and had better marry Miss Quested, for she wasn't pukka. 1948 Observer 25 Apr. 2/1 Produced for the Government of Southern Rhodesia, that forty minute film..is one of many from British studios that are being specially commissioned to give straightforward information on important subjects—in fact ‘pukka gen’. 1967 R. Singha & R. Massey Indian Dances xviii. 157 These barracks once the epitome of pukka British army tradition, for many years echoed all day to the sounds and rhythms of Indian music. 1976 Physics Bull. Nov. 480/1 What it does show is a pucka trade union doing a proper trade union job. 2006 Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. 20 Adopting her own pukka English tones. b. British slang. Excellent, superb; ‘cool’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1991 Sun 13 June 23/6 Hey, man, that shirt's pukka. 1996 Observer 5 May (Review section) 7/6 Girls mug girls for jewellery or pukka clothes. 2002 C. Newland Snakeskin xix. 255 ‘Yuh mum's pukka,’ Davey chimed in, with so much passion I knew he wasn't just being polite. 4. South Asian. Of a building or other construction: permanent, solidly-built, esp. made of stone or brick and mortar (opposed to kachcha adj.); (of a building material) high-quality. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [adjective] > qualities of building generally substantious1529 lightsome1548 standing1624 substantial1624 prospectless1656 light1765 pukka1777 low-browed1810 tavernous1866 barrack-like1915 demountable1939 1777 F. Gladwin tr. A. Mubarak Ayin Akbaray 24 Orisa contains one hundred and twenty-nine Puckah forts, subject to the command of Gujeputty. 1814 M. M. Sherwood Hist. Little Henry & his Bearer 7 A lady, who lived..in a large puckah house near the river. 1859 J. W. Palmer New & Old 271 My Parsee neighbor, the amiable Gheber..in the pucka house that adjoined my own in Cossitollah. 1862 H. D. Torrens Trav. Tartary 321 Pucka..when applied to a road, means it is a metalled one; when to a wall, that it is solid masonry. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson at Cutcha A cutcha brick is a sun-dried brick. A pucka brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick. 1897 Daily News 17 June 5/7 At Dhubri all pakka buildings have been demolished. 1917 P. Geddes in J. Tyrwhitt Patrick Geddes in India (1947) 46 They cannot always afford to demolish a pukka (well built) dwelling when a katcha (mud built) one on the opposite side of the road may be purchased far more cheaply. 1975 Bangladesh Observer 26 July 1/4 Due to onrush of flood waters of River Teesta, a number of roads and pucca bridges at Gangachara and Kotwali Police Stations were washed away. 1992 Daily Tel. 17 ‘We told her that a mud hut would do, but she said no, she'd build something pukka.’ A pukka building was duly erected. 2001 J. Vyas in B. Lemire et al. Women & Credit ix. 163 We were living in a hut..when we came to Ahmedabad; now we have a pukka house, with bed and fan. 5. Reliable, persistent, perennial; (of a position or appointment in South Asia) permanent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] stablea1300 durablec1386 during1398 durant1455 permanent?a1475 standingc1480 perseverablea1500 indelible1532 of long standinga1568 permansible1568 long-established1589 dureful1595 subsistent1603 subsisting1613 staple1621 constant1645 long-standing1655 throughout1701 untemporary1784 pukka1801 rock-ribbed1903 hardwired1971 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 160/1 Near it the Nurbudda springs from a small pucka-coond or well that furnishes a perennial stream. 1866 Trevelyan in Fraser's Mag. 73 215 The Dawk Bungalow; or, Is his Appointment Pucka? 1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 251 You do not become pukka [sc. permanent] till you have passed the autumn examination... Only, if you succeed in becoming pukka, you can rise, you know, to four hundred and fifty a month. 1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) viii. 247 He didn't get any compensation because he was not in pukka service. †B. n. 1. A building material of a permanent nature, esp. a type of solid mortar. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > of a permanent nature pukka1712 1712 in C. R. Wilson Early Ann. Eng. in Bengal (1900) II. i. 51 The middle of the Banksall Yard having thatcht houses for Godowns for Navall stores etc. which is very Inconvenient and dangerous on Account of fire, Agreed we pull them down and build a Godown with Brick and Pucca for the Same. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 9 Fort William was built..of Brick and Morter called Puckah, a Composition of Brick-dust, Lime, Malasses, and cut Hemp. 1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) II. VIII. i. 237 The plan of it [sc. Fort William] was an irregular tetragon, built with brick, and mortar called puckah. 2. A copper coin (short for pukka pice: see quot. 1818 at sense A. 1). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1816 Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady i. 12 I'll make her a present of two puckah, to purchase cotton for a beginning. c1817 M. M. Sherwood Stories 66 I am sure I strive, and strive, and yet last month I could only lay by eight rupees and four puckers. Compounds pukka sahib n. a person (usually a man) of good family, ability, or credentials; one who is socially acceptable (cf. sahib n. 2). ΚΠ 1898 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 17 Oct. He said, ‘he loved her [sc. a steamer] like his life, and he'd not trust her to any one except a pukka sahib.’ 1936 V. Elwin Leaves from Jungle 171 What they really meant was that none of the other white men were so handsome, and that no one was such a pukka sahib as myself! 1955 Sci. Amer. Feb. 116/3 The injunctions and other brawling seem now to have subsided, with general agreement that while Buhl may not be a pukka sahib, he is a peerless climber. 1991 L. Fosburgh India Gate i. v. 33 He became quite the pukka sahib. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. vii. 25 Vivid individual histories..that allow us to see real people beyond the caricature of starched pukka sahibs dressing nightly for dinner in remote up-country bungalows. pukka sahibdom n. rare the condition or state of being a pukka sahib. ΚΠ 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days v. 88 The smell of pukka sahibdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1619
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