The were fined and "grounded" for two weeks (i.e. prevented from leaving the premises of there pukka boarding school, Eton College).

Possession of a spliff today is likely to earn, at most, a raised eyebrow from the constabulary.

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Originally posted by Caterwauller:
How did pukka go from being a cooking term to being "first class"?

Is a spliff like a blunt or a joint?

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Originally posted by BobHale:
It...had more or less fallen out of use but has become a vogue word again thanks to the "mockney" phenomenon, where the well-to-do classes try to ape the speech of "the lower classes", presumably to get some street cred.

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Originally posted by Caterwauller:
How did pukka go from being a cooking term to being "first class"?

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pukka, a. (n.)
[a. Hind pakka cooked, ripe, mature; hence thorough, substantial, permanent: cf. CUTCHA. Sense c is the only sense used outside Anglo-Indian contexts.]

A. adj. a. Applied to the larger of two weights of the same name: Of full weight, full, good; also, genuine, thorough. b. Strong, severe; malignant, as a fever. Obs. c. Sure, certain, reliable; thorough, out-and-out. Also in general use outside India in various extended senses. Of things: real, not sham; of information: factually correct; of persons: authentic, not pretended; proper or correct in behaviour, socially acceptable. Freq. in pukka sahib (cf. SAHIB 1b), used with allusion to life in the former British Indian Empire. d. Permanent, esp. as an appointment. e. Permanent, as a building; solidly-built, of stone or brick and mortar.

B. n. a. A weight or system of weights which is larger than ‘cutcha’. b. A copper coin not now used; also pucka piece. c. A building material of permanent nature, such as brick

cutcha, a. (n.)

[a. Hind kachcha raw, crude, unripe, uncooked.]

Imperfect, slight, temporary, makeshift (opp. to pucka, solid, substantial, permanent, etc.). As n. = Sun-dried brick, dried mud, as a material.