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pukka sahibs

pukka sahibs is the plural of pukka sahib.

Meaning of pukka sahib

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

Questions about pukka sahibs

What is pukka sahibs the plural of?
Pukka sahibs is the plural of pukka sahib.

Words near pukka sahibs in the dictionary

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

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