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pukka sahib

pukka sahib noun: a person of excellent character.

Noun

pukka sahib (plural pukka sahibs)

  1. (informal) A person of excellent character.
    • 'You can take it from me that she's all right. She's a pukka sahib.'1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 135
    • 'Why iss it that always you are abusing the pukka sahibs, as you call them?'1934, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Burmese Days, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 36

Forms of pukka sahib

pluralpukka sahibs

Origin of pukka sahib

From Urdu پکا صاحِب / Hindi पक्का साहिब (pakkā sāhib, “genuine master”).

Questions about pukka sahib

What does pukka sahib mean?
Pukka sahib means a person of excellent character.
What part of speech is pukka sahib?
Pukka sahib is a noun.
What is the plural of pukka sahib?
The plural of pukka sahib is pukka sahibs.

Words near pukka sahib in the dictionary

  1. pukish
  2. Pukistani
  3. Pukistanis
  4. pukka
  5. pukka fever
  6. pukka sahib
  7. pukka sahibs
  8. pukkah
  9. pukkaness
  10. Pukkumerian
  11. Pukkumerians

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