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crab clawed adj. Of a drinker: handling the water glass with a sideways grip and considerable suspicion. Charylene was crab clawed, pinching the water glass as though it might escape. crab dollied adj. Of a drinker who has lost all sense of steering, yet continues advancing in a perfectly coordinated sideways line. Ronnelle went crab dollied from the sofa to the kitchen without once facing the destination. crab footballed adj. Describing a drinker who can pursue a rolling object only from the floor, preferably between furniture. Ieshea became crab footballed and chased a loose orange beneath the dining table. crab forked adj. A drinker who approaches every small problem with a narrow implement and disproportionate concentration. Kaitlinn was crab forked, attempting to retrieve one sweetcorn kernel from the sink. crab loused adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has become a matter of persistent, intimate irritation. Khiari was crab loused, scratching at a label while insisting the sofa had started it. crab marketed adj. The state of being drunk and fluctuating around the same spot, neither retiring nor making another drink. Igle stayed crab marketed on the sofa, rising repeatedly and returning without the water. crab meated adj. Drunk to the point where the body has become a collection of pale fragments requiring butter. Kylyn was crab meated by supper, reclining in pieces across the sofa. crab mentalitied adj. The condition of a drinker who hinders every household improvement, particularly if someone else proposed it. Biran was crab mentalitied and objected when Cayne brought the water glasses within reach. crab oiled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become slick, flammable in spirit, and best kept away from the hob. Farrie was crab oiled and was moved from the cooker to the safer end of the sofa. crab plovered adj. Reduced by drink to a solitary, long-legged presence beside the kitchen bin, waiting for supper to improve. Taisen stood crab plovered beside the fridge, surveying the leftovers without choosing any. crab puffed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, battered object of sudden confidence and uncertain direction. Sherryl was crab puffed and attempted to open the sealed biscuit tin with a spoon. crab rangooned adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the kitchen as though every dumpling there were a personal challenge. Kyohei became crab rangooned and ate the filling while leaving the wrappers on the plate. crab soccered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where reaching the glass of water requires remaining on all fours. Rebe went crab soccered and crossed the sitting room sideways for a refill. crab spidered adj. Drunk and waiting motionless near the snacks, hands spread, ready to seize anything that passes. Eden was crab spidered beside the biscuit tin, watching the kitchen doorway. crab sticked adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a person into an archaic instrument of blunt persuasion. crab treed adj. Drunk enough to remain rooted in the sofa while reaching repeatedly for imaginary wild apples. Keanda was crab treed, fixed to the sofa and asking when the apples would ripen.