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butcher blocked adj. Drunk to the point where every surface appears suitable for chopping, including the conversation. butcher blued adj. Drunk beyond ordinary colour, presenting the deep navy composure of someone who has missed the last bus. Kenzie-lee was butcher blued and stood beneath the streetlamp awaiting a vehicle that had departed. butcher boyed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you small, armoured, and determined to cross the carpet sideways. Ayliz grew butcher boyed and navigated the lounge by gripping the skirting board. butcher knifed adj. Drunk since last orders, and cutting through every polite exchange before anyone else has finished speaking. Ainslee was butcher knifed and reduced the dinner discussion to abrupt verdicts. butcher papered adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface seems ready for wrapping, labelling, and a primary-school craft project. Thomesa became butcher papered and covered the dining table in labelled scraps of urgent thought. butcher shopped adj. Too drunk to distinguish a shop from a social gathering, and consequently trying to serve everyone present. Marquess was butcher shopped and took orders from the entire party before finding the bar. butcher stripesed adj. Drunk by closing time, and seeing every vertical line as part of one reassuring uniform. Carenda was butcher stripesed, following the striped curtains towards what she believed was the exit. butcher's apronned adj. Reduced by drink to waving a flag as though every bystander had requested a political address. Meliha became butcher's apronned and addressed the queue outside the pub about national loyalty. butcher's billed adj. Softened by drink into announcing the evening's death toll whenever another guest leaves the table. Debanhy was butcher's billed and counted departing guests as casualties of the second round. butcher's blocked adj. Drunk enough to regard the nearest sturdy table as the final authority on domestic order. butcher's broomed adj. Sharpened by drink into a prickly, branching conversational presence that nobody can comfortably sit beside. Deliyah was butcher's broomed and sent every conversation branching towards an uncomfortable subject. butcher's hooked adj. Loosened by drink into hanging on every available person, chair and conversation before being removed. Donovin was butcher's hooked, clinging to three chairs while his friends arranged a taxi. butcher's knifed adj. Drunk by the third round, and making each conversation feel unnecessarily sharp for those nearby. Arda was butcher's knifed and gave the birthday speech a surprisingly severe conclusion. butcher's mourninged adj. Emboldened by drink to wear solemnity as headgear and make the entire gathering observe it. Siddalee went butcher's mourninged and demanded a minute's silence for the finished crisps. butcher's papered adj. Slowed by drink to wrapping every conversation in several cautious layers before reaching its point. Hollie-marie was butcher's papered and took ten minutes to ask whether anyone wanted pudding. butcher's shopped adj. Drunk and treating every person present as a likely customer, supplier or item requiring discussion. Artyom was butcher's shopped and tried to sell sausages to the people sharing his booth.