Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Anglo-Ind.) roguish, mischievous.

1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1868		Out of the Meshes III 263: ‘I want some mehtai, saucy-wollah!’ said the little girl, breaking away and climbing up Mr Charley Simpkin’s knees and searching that officer’s pockets. ‘I’ll bring some in the afternoon, it is too early now. The shops are not open!’ ‘What, haven’t you got any? Oh, you are very Nutkhut’.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1885		L. Emanuel Jottings [...] of a Bengal ‘qui hye’' 128: Old W- , indeed , was so anxious and so dearly prized his ‘Nut-kut’ (wicked) beast , that he wanted to offer a hundred Rupees.