pukka adv.
correctly, properly.
Stray Leaves 182: l determined to build it ‘[i.e. a house] puckha,’ that is to say, on columns nf masonry. with a flat roof of the same. | ||
Times of India 31 May 2/2: There is only one pucka built bungalow now on the hill ; formerly there were more. | ||
(con. 1916) Her Privates We (1986) 23: What’s a man like who’s only temp’ry, an’ wants ’is job pukka? |