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burr cucumbered adj. The drunkenness of one who creeps through the pub in spreading, tendril-like fashion. Shantiqua was burr cucumbered, reaching every table without ever appearing to cross the room. burr gherkinned adj. Reduced by drink to a prickly little climber, seeking support wherever the pub provides it. Raymah was burr gherkinned by closing time, climbing carefully along the backs of chairs. burr holed adj. Softened by drink into a neat opening through which the evening’s remaining sense has escaped. Merie was burr holed after the brandy, listening through a new aperture where judgement had been. burr in one's saddled adj. Still drunk, and pursuing one minor grievance with the solemnity of a constitutional matter. Sahitya remained burr in one's saddled, objecting formally to the placement of the crisps. burr knotted adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop a compact internal obstruction which no argument can remove. Tawnya sat burr knotted, unable to explain the dispute but unwilling to end it. burr millstoned adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the dense, ponderous authority of a grinding stone. Ryion grew burr millstoned and presided over the crisps with grave inevitability. burr oaked adj. Still drunk, and insisting that a poor decision has acquired authority merely by surviving the evening. Shilpa remained burr oaked, defending the midnight purchase as an investment. burr puzzled adj. Having drunk more than the pieces of any ordinary problem will accommodate. Quanetta was burr puzzled by the coat stand and attempted its reconstruction. burr thistled adj. You have drunk enough to become prickly, spreading, and difficult to pass in the hallway. Shalette was burr thistled, bristling at every suggestion of an earlier taxi. burr under one's saddled adj. Too drunk to relinquish a small irritation, even after the original cause has departed. Nani was burr under one's saddled and continued disputing the closed window. burra-khanaed adj. You are drunk and treating an ordinary supper as an imperial entertainment. Jonnika became burra-khanaed over three samosas and announced a formal banquet. burramyided adj. Of a drinker: small, nocturnal, and discovered asleep in a pocket of the evening. Un-named was burramyided beneath the coat rack before the speeches had concluded. burramysed adj. Of a drinker who has retreated into a small, sleepy existence among the coats. Jhariel was burramysed in the cloakroom, wrapped in a scarf and refusing relocation. burrataed (/bʊˈɹɑːtəd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become soft, yielding, and unexpectedly full of cream. burrawanged adj. A drinker who has produced handsome fronds of conversation, with the edible part still uncertain. Salomea was burrawanged, flourishing broadly while forgetting where the biscuits were kept. burred (/bʌrd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one successful idea, which then attaches itself to every conversation. Saffiyah got burred and returned to the same proposal whenever anyone mentioned leaving.