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card sharked adj. Emboldened by drink to accuse everyone at the table of cheating, including the person dealing. Deareon got card sharked and demanded to inspect the pack while holding three aces. card sharped adj. Drunk and quietly improving the odds while insisting that everyone else is playing badly. Travon grew card sharped and offered unsolicited advice after every losing hand. card sharpinged adj. Drunk beyond the need for sleight of hand, relying instead on confidence and a distracted table. Aizal got card sharpinged and won three hands by announcing the wrong cards loudly. card standed adj. Having drunk more than is sensible, and displaying yourself by the bar like holiday reading. Vaanya stood by the till, card standed, available for inspection and not buying anything. card stocked adj. You have drunk enough to become thick-skinned, flexible, and suitable for writing down the round. card stunted adj. Of a drinker: coordinated with the room, each movement contributing to an image nobody quite recognises. Sohum became card stunted, raising his coaster whenever the chorus reached its cue. card tabled adj. Of a drinker who has folded away their legs and become useful only as furniture for the next hand. Lea-kim was card tabled beside the dartboard, supporting three pints and a packet of crisps. card tarted adj. A drinker who has become professionally receptive to offers, particularly when the next round is showing. Syndel was card tarted at the bar, accepting compliments in exchange for very little. card tricked adj. A drinker so far gone that every missing object has been produced from a sleeve, usually somebody else's. Aby-gaelle was card tricked, producing a stranger's lighter from behind her ear. card-clothinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a fine wire covering and catches on every chair. Tanequa was card-clothinged, snagging her sleeve on the pub chairs all the way out. card-housed adj. Drunk on the strength of a precarious arrangement of small, rectangular certainties. Medena was card-housed, while Lamarie removed the tablecloth from the unstable foundations. card-readered adj. Slowed by drink to interpreting each card-shaped object one character at a time. card-roomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has withdrawn to a private room and insists the game is still underway. Hilal was card-roomed in the corner, dealing coasters to players who had gone home. card-sharped adj. Drunk to the point where every friendly game acquires a professional cheat and an aggrieved audience. Lanya became card-sharped and treated the family game as a serious criminal enterprise. cardabiodontided adj. Reduced by drink to circling the bar with a broad grin and a habit of approaching from behind. Mildren went cardabiodontided, cruising round the stools and startling everyone with a cheerful tap. cardaissinned adj. Softened by drink into a cardiac accelerator, increasing the pulse of every conversation entered. Serafin grew cardaissinned and sent the quiet corner into lively disagreement.