Pucka adj. (Written also pukka) Good of its kind; variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. (India) "It's pukka famine, by the looks of it."
... I am on three months' leave at present and, at the end of that time, I shall resign. You know I am a captain, now—that is to say, that I have got my rank by death vacancies, though until the Gazette comes out from England, I can hardly be said to be a pucka captain; and, what is more, the general himself assured me that, after being mentioned in despatches two or three times, and at his strong commendation of my services, I was sure of the ... — On the Irrawaddy - A Story of the First Burmese War • G. A. Henty
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