Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
clootie (plural clooties)
(Scotland) A piece of rag.
Source: Wiktionary
Cloot"ie, n. (Scot. & Dial. Eng.)
1.
Definition: A little hoof.
2. The Devil. "Satan, Nick, or Clootie." Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.