pucka
adj 1: absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka
quarters with a swarm of servants" [syn: {pukka},
{pucka}]
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]