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blue-banded eggflied adj. Describing a drinker who flits attractively between conversations, leaving no landing place undisturbed. blue-banded sea kraited adj. A drinker who coils round the bar, hissing advice and never quite reaching the exit. Keyden was blue-banded sea kraited around the end stool, offering warnings about every unattended pint. blue-bellied black snaked adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement is a low, dangerous-looking slide beneath the tables. Kendrica was blue-bellied black snaked by midnight, navigating the snug at floor level. blue-billed ducked adj. The state of being drunk and paddling firmly in place while insisting that progress is being made. blue-black grosbeaked adj. The drunkenness of one who speaks in a deep, dark beakful at anyone foolish enough to listen. Aashvi went blue-black grosbeaked and delivered a resonant opinion on every fixture in the season. blue-blacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become very dark about the prospects of another round. Evie-jean was blue-blacked after the bell, regarding the empty glass with profound gloom. blue-blooded adj. Reduced by drink to hereditary grandeur, with a coronet improvised from a folded receipt. Charlon grew blue-blooded and knighted the person holding the door. blue-breasted fairywrened adj. Reduced by drink to fluttering brightly through the pub, with no apparent destination. Hayfa became blue-breasted fairywrened and visited every table before returning to her own. blue-capped ifrited adj. Softened by drink into a small, cheerful menace beneath an unexpectedly elaborate cap. Feisal went blue-capped ifrited and offered dangerous-sounding advice in a gentle voice. blue-capped kingfishered adj. Sharpened by drink into a swift, bright-eyed fisher of remarks from the far side of the bar. Arol got blue-capped kingfishered and snatched the best lines from every conversation. blue-cheeked bee-eatered adj. Still drunk, and discoursing on Merops persicus until the matter resolves itself into crumbs. Jaysian became blue-cheeked bee-eatered and lectured the barmaid on North African migration. blue-chippered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a blue chip company from the pile of chips beside it. Alanzo got blue-chippered and offered his crisps a controlling interest in the pub. blue-collar worked adj. Having drunk enough to perform skilled labour upon a problem that was merely conversational. Kahmya went blue-collar worked and repaired the silence with an extensive anecdote. blue-collar workered adj. Slowed by drink into repairing ordinary household objects with manual confidence and no useful tools. Costas arrived blue-collar workered and attempted to mend the toaster with a butter knife. blue-collared adj. Sufficiently drunk to undertake manual labour, beginning with repairing the evening. Zaydenn became blue-collared and attempted to mend the jukebox with a beer mat. blue-ear diseased adj. Drunk to the extent of reproducing the same respiratory concerns, with slightly different punctuation. Corvette was blue-ear diseased and required a quiet seat by the door.