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decaf, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈdiːkaf|, U.S. |ˈdiˌkæf|
Forms: 19– decaf, 19– decaff [Also with capital initial.]
[Shortened > v. Derivatives]
A. n. Decaffeinated coffee; a cup of decaffeinated coffee.
In form Decaf, a proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
1956Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 28 Aug. tm156 Nestle's Decaf... Filed 10–25–55. 1961Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Aug. 1082/1 Decaf... Coffee, coffee essence, coffee extract, and preparations of coffee and of coffee and chicory mixture, all for use as food. 1970S. E. Freedman Bk. of Kashruth 198 Beverages..decaf. 1977Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Mag. section) 12 Caffeine addiction is one thing; but, as decaf drinkers know, the taste of coffee, its acrid assault, is an addiction of the palate. 1988J. Updike S (1989) 10, I would look at the rim of the saucer of my fourth decaf for the day. 1994Independent on Sunday 3 July (Rev. Suppl.) 47/1 Decaff doesn't give you a headache. It's the result of the withdrawal symptoms produced by coming off caffeine. 2000D. Ginsberg Waiting xi. 263 The busboys were responsible for brewing the coffee and keeping equal supplies of both regular and decaf available.
B. adj. Decaffeinated.
1981Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Mar. (Weekend) 34 Her personal favorite is the decaf Breakfast blend. 1983Business Week (Nexis) 30 May 58 The new line of decaf sodas. 1989Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 Nov. 8/6 You can take your oat bran and your decaf coffee and fling it down the compactor. 1992M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues xiii. 63 Two chili dogs, two orders of fries, and a couple of decaf Cokes. 1998A. Swift Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) Episode 251. 40 Here we go sir, one Decaff cappuccino, semi-skimmed. |