Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>
> I watch a cooking progam from Enland on the FoodChannel. The Star is
> Jammie Oliver and the show is called "The Naked Chef" the title is
> supposed to mean getting to the bare essentials of food.
>
> He uses a slang tern for great (as in Taste great) pucker. Examaple the
> dish is really pucker.
>
In this context "pucker" comes from Indian (puckah) although I'm willing
to stand corrected.
> In the US the same word has a different meaning as in Pucker up and Kiss.
>
Also in Britain.
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