Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TROMPED
Verb
tromped
simple past tense and past participle of tromp
Source: Wiktionary
TROMP
Tromp, n. Etym: [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.]
Definition: A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]
Tromp, Trompe, n. Etym: [See Trump a trumpet.]
Definition: A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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