| 词汇 | pukka |
| 词源 | pukka. Also spelled pucka, and rhyming with luck-a, pukka derives from the Hindu word pokka, meaning “cooked, ripe, mature.” The English brought it home from India in the late 17th century and the word has since become a workhorse ad- jective meaning genuine, good, substantial, permanent, reliable, and conventional. |
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