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Synonyms & Antonyms of pukka
being exactly as appears or as claimed
- wondering whether the old-looking ivory box was pukka—or just something recently manufactured in China
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Antonyms for pukka
- bogus,
- counterfeit,
- fake,
- false,
- mock,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- pseudo,
- sham,
- spurious,
- suppositious,
- supposititious,
- unauthentic,
- unreal
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The first known use of pukka was in 1776
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