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duck curved adj. Softened by drink into a daily dip between the afternoon rush and the evening demand. Ludivina went duck curved, lively at lunch and inexplicably flat when the pub filled. duck decoyed adj. Sharpened by drink into a central nuisance from which every conversation radiates towards capture. Carlyssa got duck decoyed and drew three separate groups into the same argument. duck derbied adj. Loosened by drink into a small floating competitor, carried cheerfully wherever the current of the evening runs. Roxxi was duck derbied from the snug to the smoking shelter by successive offers of lager. duck dinnered adj. Emboldened by drink to accept disgrace as though it were merely another course. Cassim went duck dinnered and announced his resignation from a job he had never held. duck dived adj. Slowed by drink to the sort of submerged crouch required before attempting the crowded bar. Caitlin-rose went duck dived beneath the queue and surfaced beside the till somehow. duck egged adj. Drunk to the point where the evening's arithmetic has become precisely nothing. Aerie was duck egged and insisted the four empty glasses represented no expenditure whatsoever. duck farted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a layered measure from a pudding left near the fire. Johura was duck farted and admired the pub's whisky shelf as though it were a trifle. duck hawked adj. Drunk beyond ordinary flight, circling the room with the keen, fixed attention of a hunting bird. Griffin went duck hawked and watched every dropped peanut descend with professional interest. duck itched adj. Drunk, with the result that every woollen sleeve and pub cushion has acquired an urgent opinion. Lindsley was duck itched and scratched through the landlord's account of the match. duck moled adj. Drunk to a degree that combines a hidden burrower with an improbable bill and a need for water. Kadeesha went duck moled beneath the booth and requested tea through the upholstery. duck ponded adj. Describing a drinker who has settled beside ornamental water and acquired an audience of ducks. Khylige was duck ponded by dusk, addressing the garden birds individually. duck potatoed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming an edible tuber, quietly rooted wherever the bar has left you. Faatima-zahra was duck potatoed and spent an hour growing beside the radiator. duck pressed adj. Drunk on the strength of having been squeezed for every last drop of conversation and sense. duck raced adj. Drunk since last orders, and floating hopefully towards whichever explanation reaches the finish first. Monell was duck raced, blaming the river, the jukebox, and then the wrong plastic duck. duck sauced adj. Drunk by the third round, and sweetly incapable of separating the savoury from the sentimental. Jessy-james was duck sauced, praising the landlord with a tenderness normally reserved for roast dinners. duck shooted adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding every remaining task as laughably straightforward. Versa went duck shooted and promised to repair the till before finding the front door.