pucka

[ Hind. pakka = ripe.] Solid, substantial, as opposed to kutcha =soft, flimsy. Thus, pucka bricks are those burnt in a kiln, as opposed to kutcha bricks dried in the sun. ( Anglo - Indian .) půck-ěr, v . t . & i. [A frequent. from the same root as poke a bag, a sack, the allusion being to the top of a poke or bag when drawn closely together by means of the string; cf. purse , in to purse the lips.] A. Trans.: To gather into puckers, small folds, or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to wrinkle. (Frequently followed by up .) "A petticoat or puckered skirt of velvet." -Knight: Pictorial Hist. Eng . , ii. 857. B. In trans.: To become wrinkled or gathered into folds or wrinkles.