Meaning & use
Pukka
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Genuine, authentic, or of excellent quality (British informal).
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That's a pukka curry, made just the way it should be.
He described the hotel as a pukka five-star establishment.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Hindi 'pakka,' meaning 'cooked' or 'solid'; entered British English during the colonial era in India.
Words with a similar meaning
genuinetop-notch
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Words with an opposite meaning
fakeshoddy
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