Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
COUVADES
Noun
couvades
plural of couvade
Source: Wiktionary
COUVADE
Cou`vade" (k`vd"), n. Etym: [F., fr. couver. See Covey.]
Definition: A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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