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pukkaness

pukkaness noun: the state or quality of being pukka.

Noun

pukkaness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being pukka.
    • […] and the continued presence of the World Bank conferred an ultra-pukkaness which has yet to be successfully challenged; […]1990, Stephen Nugent, Big Mouth: The Amazon Speaks, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 193
    • For all the play's stiff-upper-lipped pukkaness, however, Sherriff's language sounds grittily fresh in David Grindley's darkly claustrophobic production.2005 April 26, Neil Cooper, “Theatre JOURNEY'S END, THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW 4/5”, in The Herald, Scotland

Origin of pukkaness

From pukka + -ness.

Questions about pukkaness

What does pukkaness mean?
Pukkaness means the state or quality of being pukka.
What part of speech is pukkaness?
Pukkaness is a noun.

Words near pukkaness in the dictionary

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

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