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flint diseased adj. Of a drinker: coughing through the journey home as though the evening had settled permanently in the lungs. Maari went flint diseased on the platform and declined the offered cigarette with dignity. flint glassed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a brilliant, heavy stare and cannot put down the glass. Christna grew flint glassed during the final round, reflecting the bar lights without blinking. flint milled adj. Describing a drinker who has ground the evening down to powder and still expects useful material from it. Nikeem was flint milled by last orders, searching the bar for a workable plan home. flint papered adj. A drinker who has made the walk home abrasively memorable for everyone nearby. flinted (/flɪntd/) adj. You have drunk enough to strike sparks from ordinary arrangements, particularly the putting-on of a coat. Mendell was flinted at last orders and made sparks of the zip on his borrowed coat. flintheaded adj. A drinker so far gone that the neck leads the body towards the nearest light, regardless of its destination. Emaani went flintheaded after last orders and followed the station sign into a car park. flintinessed adj. The state of being drunk and resistant to all reasonable suggestions concerning coats, taxis or bedtime. flintinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the evening making small, sharp decisions with inadequate tools. Kassy was flintinged by closing time, attempting to fashion a route home from receipts. flintknappered adj. The drunkenness of one who breaks every plan into smaller pieces before attempting the journey home. Horald was flintknappered, reducing the walk to the station into several unrelated errands. flintknappinged adj. Reduced by drink to making a journey home from sharp little fragments of intention. Sadie went flintknappinged after last orders, producing one decision per street corner. flintlock mechanismed adj. Sharpened by drink into a complicated sequence of clicks, catches and sudden departures at last orders. Rahasia went flintlock mechanismed, fastening three coats before finding the correct one. flintlocked (/ˈflɪntˌlɒkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a spring-loaded readiness to leave, provided nobody asks where the coat is. Marcquez became flintlocked at closing time and sprang towards the door without his wallet. flintstoned adj. Loosened by drink into a small, hard remnant of the evening, carried home without clear ownership. Laquintin arrived flintstoned at the station, holding a coat button as though it were evidence. flintwared adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the last round as a superior vessel for all remaining conversation. Moices became flintwared and addressed the finest cup on the bar about getting home. flintwooded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of very hard timber being persuaded towards the front door. Zisel went flintwooded after the final round and took ten minutes to find one sleeve. flintworked (/ˈflɪntwɜː(ɹ)kd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard every sharp fragment as evidence of an ancestral industry. Salil spent supper examining the broken tumbler for flakes, thoroughly flintworked.