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black-capped petrelled adj. Softened by drink into a coastal wanderer, blown between stools whenever the pub door opens. black-capped tinamoued adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, secretive creature that answers every question from beneath the table. Josephjames was black-capped tinamoued and conducted the rest of the evening from beneath the table. black-chinned siskinned adj. Loosened by drink into a restless little singer, scattering fragments of song between mouthfuls. Keshunna was black-chinned siskinned, contributing half a chorus to every conversation. black-crested antshriked adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the largest voice in the public bar over the ownership of a coaster. Taeyang became black-crested antshriked and disputed a coaster with the biggest man in the bar. black-crested titmoused adj. Drunk and fussing over the smallest details of the bar, particularly crumbs beneath other people's glasses. Jesslynn was black-crested titmoused, inspecting crumbs beneath every glass on the table. black-crested titted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a coal delivery, pausing between each word and each step. Christhopher was black-crested titted, taking the length of a song to reach the lavatory. black-crowned night heronned adj. Drunk to the point where the late public bar becomes a personal wetland, surveyed from one leg. Mille stood black-crowned night heronned beside the bar, balancing on one leg after midnight. black-curranted adj. Drunk past the point of being merely purple about the evening. Omaury was black-curranted by eleven, with a taste for sharp remarks. black-eyed Susanned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a pub table from a patch of flowers, and arranging the glasses accordingly. Derlene was black-eyed Susanned, planting empty glasses in a careful row across the table. black-eyed beaned adj. Drunk beyond recognising the supper bowl, yet still able to locate every small edible thing within it. black-eyed peaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a modest bowl of pulses seem both nourishing and a sound reason to stay. Kherrington was black-eyed peaed and ordered another portion of peas for the table. black-faced buntinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every remark emerges darkly coloured but oddly tuneful. Beira was black-faced buntinged, delivering gloomy observations in a surprisingly pleasant tune. black-faced cormoranted adj. Drunk to a degree that encourages repeated dives into a pint, followed by a solemn emergence. Clorice was black-faced cormoranted, dipping towards the lager and rising with great seriousness. black-faced ibised adj. Drunk to the extent of probing every conversational mudflat for something worth picking up. Ukari was black-faced ibised, probing each pause for a story nobody had finished. black-footed catted adj. Drunk on the strength of creeping quietly between tables, then appearing beside the crisps without explanation. Velera was black-footed catted, vanishing from one stool and reappearing beside the crisps. black-footed ferreted adj. Drunk since last orders, and burrowing industriously through coats, bags and cushions for a misplaced phone. Nadyalee was black-footed ferreted, searching every coat pocket for a phone already in her hand.