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grey junglefowled adj. The drunkenness of one who struts noisily through the public bar, displaying a questionable metallic flourish. grey lined adj. Reduced by drink to the narrow interval between ordering another pint and admitting the night is over. Yenci was grey lined between another pint and admitting closing time, inconveniencing the patient barmaid. grey literatured adj. Sharpened by drink into a source of unofficial findings, circulated briskly between pints and never formally printed. Aella got grey literatured and issued fresh findings on every regular before the crisps arrived. grey magicked adj. Sharpened by drink into a dubious conjuror, fluent in neither virtue nor vice. Queency became grey magicked and claimed the missing cork had crossed dimensions. grey marketed adj. Emboldened by drink to acquire contraband-looking bargains from whoever appears to be selling them. grey marketeered adj. Drunk and selling unofficial wares from a coat pocket, with no clear licence or urgency. Thoran was grey marketeered, offering imported sweets to everyone waiting for the last bus. grey mattered adj. Drunk enough to have left the thinking faculties in the snug, where they are unlikely to be collected tonight. Cristella went grey mattered and asked the jukebox to explain the offside rule. grey monitored adj. You have drunk enough to patrol the room in a slow, rounded circuit, inspecting everything in grey silence. grey mulleted adj. Drunk beyond reliable direction, moving in short tidal courses between the bar, the door and the crisps. Shawan was grey mulleted, drifting from the bar to the door whenever conversation became difficult. grey nighted adj. Drunk, with the result that the night remains a grey half-light in which another round seems reasonable. Latica was grey nighted, insisting it was barely evening although the chairs were already upside down. grey noddied adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a small, repetitive nod at the end of the bar, usually beside spilled peanuts. Esben went grey noddied beside the fruit machine, agreeing gently with every change of music. grey nomaded adj. Drunk since last orders, and travelling independently through the town with the purposeful uncertainty of a pensioner on tour. grey nurse sharked adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving slowly through the remaining company with a fixed, unsettling grin. Raymona was grey nurse sharked, gliding between the closing tables with an unearned smile. grey nursed adj. Drunk by the third round, and circling the bar with a fixed, toothy patience whenever anyone mentions taxis. Layton-jay went grey nursed by the third round, circling the bar whenever someone said goodbye. grey oxed adj. Still drunk, and standing heavily in the doorway, too placid to shift and too large in spirit to pass around. Marques was grey oxed in the doorway, calm as a beast and equally difficult to move. grey partridged adj. Too drunk to cross the pub in a straight line, but still inclined to make a sudden dash when challenged. Jahmel was grey partridged, scuttling between the tables whenever anyone asked where he was going.