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  • s  absolutely first class and genuine
    pukka sahib
    pukka quarters with a swarm of servants

  • No amount of skilled acting can wholly conceal that General Allenby (John Williams) is a stock pukka sahib, that the commander at Deraa (Geoffrey Keen) is a stock sweaty Turkish .
  • Young is not above throwing foreign phrases into his Lallans: "He's a richt pukka sahib, your maister.
  • The bride, apparently a pukka Englishwoman, senses the unsolidity and perhaps the immorality of the English presence in India, and goes temporarily mad.
News & Articles

  • Book Review: 'Pukka's Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs' by Ted Kerasote
    Book Review: 'Pukka's Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs' by Ted Kerasote Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2013 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:00 pm, Saturday, June 29, 2013 A book that inspired this cat lover to want to get their own canine.
    July 1, 2013 - seattlepi.com
Quotes

  • Robert Milkins in SkySports
    I played really well - I had scraped through my previous three matches so I was surprised at the standard I produced in the final,added Milkins. "This gives me a lot of confidence going into the Pukka Pies UK Championship qualifiers. A...
  • Rudolph Walker in Comet 24
    Mr Walker, who plays Patrick Truman in the BBC1 soap, said: "What Mark and his team have achieved for the young people of HHHertfordshire by engaging them in the PUKKA project is truly amazing and inspiring."
  • Jimmy Bullard in Guardian
    He's pukka, a blinding manager,said Bullard. "I was surprised when he took over in such a situation here. He wants to build. I will say to all the fans to stick with him because he will get the results. I fancy them to come straight back...

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