pukka sahib. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
No doubt you could teach him how to 'pukka' properly too. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel and Unusual] Reference
What do you mean by 'pukka' and 'not pukka' coldie?. From Wordnik.com. [politicalbetting.com] Reference
Italian from Carluccio's is the use of the word "pukka" as a menu adjective. From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
The only thing that separates Jamie's Italian from Carluccio's is the use of the word "pukka" as a menu adjective. From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
I have heard a distinction made between "pukka" padres and those who have not enjoyed the advantages of episcopal ordination. From Wordnik.com. [A Padre in France] Reference
So you want to learn how to cook but you can't bear all of those grisly celebrity chefs trying to seduce you with their 'pukka' recipes. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Act. '' They're all proper, pukka campaign medals. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
That is, they get more ugly spam than pukka email. From Wordnik.com. [Polythene Spam « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
"A rough chap, Fjalar, but a pukka sahib at heart.". From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
He had a pukka house, he said, and a herd of cattle. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
Secrets Act. '' They're all proper, pukka campaign medals. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS December] Reference
They would be free for ever of the smell of pukka sahibdom. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
“Not to me,” Kitty said and added, “Too pukka sahib.”. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
E.g. pukka road, a macadam surface, cutch road, a mere track. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
Dave Jamie 7 – he's pukka, that's why he rides a Lambretta. From Wordnik.com. [One last thing... The Hairy Bikers] Reference
Wordblog » Blog Archive » A pukka start to silly season says. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, those Brits « BuzzMachine] Reference
You go in through the front door, right, as if you'd got pukka business. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
So short a time ago he would have broken it, en bon pukka sahib, how easily!. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
"She may be able to tell us if Colonel Easterbrook's a pukka Colonel or not.". From Wordnik.com. [A Murder Is Announced]
'It's before your time, when soldiering was pukka soldiering, let me tell you. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
Many places carry other products from Busha Browne but rarely have the pukka sauce. From Wordnik.com. [14 posts from February 2007] Reference
Of course pukka mainstream science should be the vast core of the scientific curriculum but. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
No mistake, it was pukka, and the sweat prickled on my skin as I read it for the tenth time. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
Peter, I had forgotten that the showroom is very close to a proper, pukka, belly-dancing club. From Wordnik.com. [Bristol Fashion] Reference
She knew very well by this time the meaning of the phrase ‘pukka sahib’ and all it stood for. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
I gather that it is pukka that 26 Div will pull out of Sumatra and return to India in September? '. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
Not QUITE a pukka sahib, a bit of an Atherton, wouldn't you say, dirt in the pocket, don't you know?. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
But there is a terrible warning in this episode for all the pukka Cameroons which they ignore at their peril. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
The pukka houses belong to people that can afford a home; the kucha houses are made from reed and cow dung paste. From Wordnik.com. [Perry Garfinkel: May Delta's "Force" Be With Us All] Reference
It is so important (perhaps the most important of all the Ten Precepts of the pukka sahib) not to entangle oneself in. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
Fortunately for him the pukka European has not been endowed with the gift of hearing himself speak as others hear him. From Wordnik.com. [Leonie of the Jungle] Reference
I've seen them on sale is "proper" tailoring establishments but are they pukka?. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Medals are pukka ... but I'm sworn to silence on how I won them, says the parade. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Arctic beef curry/chicken supreme (added tobasco) and compo chicken curry was pukka. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver will open his pukka Italian restaurant at The Oracle Riverside today. From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
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