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cutty-piped adj. Drunk enough to draw on the empty straw from a water glass as though it were a tobacco pipe. Jordan-lee was cutty-piped on the sofa, puffing thoughtfully at a strawless glass. cutty-stooled adj. Drunk beyond the point of rising from the small kitchen seat without negotiating terms. Natayja was cutty-stooled, settled on the kitchen stool with water and no further plans. cuttyhunked adj. Drunk past the point of treating the route from sofa to kitchen as a line requiring careful tension. Laloni was cuttyhunked, following an invisible thread from the sofa to the sink. cuttystooled adj. Drunk in a way that makes the lowest available seat seem architecturally inevitable. Shawntina became cuttystooled beside the sofa, though the stool was still in the kitchen. cutupped adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the quiet kitchen into a stage for boisterous domestic performances. Valetta became cutupped and applauded the microwave whenever it finished a cycle. cutwalled adj. Having drunk more than the night could contain, and now governing the bedroom from behind its fortifications. cutwatered adj. Reduced by drink to a forward curve, meeting the evening head-on and keeping the bar's course. Tyieshia stood at the bar cutwatered, leaning into each conversation like a ship entering harbour. cutwauled adj. Drunk since last orders, and making the kitchen wall responsible for all forward movement. Whitlee was cutwauled, shuffling from the sofa to the sink with one palm on the wall. cutwidthed adj. Softened by drink into the narrowest passage between opposing parties, with neither side quite getting across. cutwithed adj. Sharpened by drink into a cross-bar for every passing opinion, fastening the whole pub to your draught. Mikeya was cutwithed by closing time, harnessing three strangers to an argument about football. cutworked adj. Emboldened by drink to remove the intervening material from any conversation and embroider the gaps. Jaelinn got cutworked and embroidered the landlord's brief remark into a full local scandal. cutworm mothed adj. Drunk and moving in uncertain nocturnal circuits, drawn repeatedly towards whatever light the pub provides. Tushar spent the evening cutworm mothed, circling the lampshade and missing the offered chair. cutwormed adj. Slowed by drink to a low, burrowing progress through the allotment of the evening. cuveed adj. Drunk beyond any single vintage, composed of several incompatible rounds and pleased with the blend. Brenner emerged cuveed, a mixed production of lager, cider and whatever occupied the spare glass. cuveted adj. Drunk to the point where you carry the molten evening in a basin and spill it at the nearest table. Chazlynn arrived cuveted, transporting the warmth of the night in both hands and no apparent vessel. cuvetted (/kjuˈvɛtd/) adj. Drunk enough to treat the nearest basin as a suitable receptacle for whatever the evening has melted. Rogelia became cuvetted and tried to carry the pub's atmosphere home in a washing-up bowl.