pukkaness

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noun

The state or quality of being pukka.

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Meanings

nounpukkaness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being pukka.

    Thus they marvelled at the pukkaness of the big city.

    2006, Brian Paul Bach, Calcutta's Edifice: The Buildings of a Great CIty, Rupa & Co., →ISBN, page 22
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    […] 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

From pukka + -ness.

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APA

pukkaness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pukkaness

MLA

“pukkaness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pukkaness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pukkaness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pukkaness.

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