pukka sahib

English

Noun

pukka sahib (plural pukka sahibs)

1. (informal) A person of excellent character.
   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 135:

     'You can take it from me that she's all right. She's a pukka sahib.'

   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Burmese Days, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 36:

     'Why iss it that always you are abusing the pukka sahibs, as you call them?'