Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BACKSHEESHED
Verb
backsheeshed
simple past tense and past participle of backsheesh
Source: Wiktionary
BACKSHEESH
Back"sheesh`, Back"shish`, n. Etym: [Pers. bakhshish, fr. bakhshidan to give.]
Definition: In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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