Usually means: Genuine, authentic, of high quality.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word pukka:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. pukka: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pukka: Merriam-Webster
  3. pukka: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pukka: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pukka: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pukka: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pukka, pukka: Wordnik
  8. pukka: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pukka: Wiktionary
  10. pukka: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pukka: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pukka: Dictionary.com
  13. Pukka: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. pukka: Rhymezone
  15. pukka: FreeDictionary.org
  16. pukka: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. pukka: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pukka: A Word A Day

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pukka, pukka: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pukka: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. pukka: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (originally South Asia) Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper.
adjective:  (South Asia, of a building) Permanent; built with high-quality materials (especially fired clay bricks and tiles as opposed to unfired mud and thatch).
adjective:  Superior or of high quality; first-class.
adjective:  (British, slang) Excellent, fantastic, great.

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