Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
CHARPIE
Etymology
Noun
charpie (countable and uncountable, plural charpies)
(medicine, now, historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
Source: Wiktionary
Char"pie, n. Etym: [F., properly fem. p. p. of OF. charpir, carpir, to pluck, fr. L. carpere. Cf. Carpet.] (Med.)
Definition: Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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