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‖ cutcha, a. (n.) Anglo-Indian colloq.|ˈkʌtʃə|
Also kacha, kutcha.
[a. Hindī kachchā 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.
1834Baboo I. xi. 181 (Stanf.) An old low bungalow, of kutcha, or mud-work. 1861Daily Tel. 7 Oct., They [targets] were constructed of kutcha, or sun-dried bricks, a material as hard as stone. 1863Ld. Elgin Lett. & Jrnls. (1872) 432 (Y.) Where they cannot get a pucka railway they take a kutcha one instead. 1886Yule & Burnell Anglo-Indian Gloss. s.v., A cutcha brick is a sundried brick. A pucka brick is a properly kiln-burnt brick..A cutcha appointment is acting or temporary. A pucka appointment is permanent. 1920Blackw. Mag. Oct. 921/1 My friend transported me over three extra miles of ‘kacha’ road. 1975Bangladesh Times 20 July 2/5 A good number of kacha houses were damaged. |