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grubbinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the untidiness of a neglected breakfast corner. grubbing hoed adj. Reduced by drink to turning the breakfast table like stubborn soil. Laquita was grubbing hoed, working through the toast with agricultural determination. grubbing kenned adj. Softened by drink into seeking any place where food can be obtained and the morning overlooked. Perkins was grubbing kenned, settling into the café as though it were a workhouse. grubbinged (/ˈɡɹʌbɪŋd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has dug up every buried detail of last night's conversation. grubfished adj. Loosened by drink into a small sand-perch state, drifting wherever breakfast happens to settle. Honey was grubfished along the sofa, drifting towards toast whenever it appeared. grubhooded adj. Emboldened by drink to return to an immature condition and demand breakfast without preparation. Randie was grubhooded, asking for cereal in a voice that brooked no adult discussion. grubhoused adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a camp kitchen after the final night. Zevaeh was grubhoused, taking several minutes to assemble toast and tea. grublinged adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, young version of yourself by the morning after. grubrooted adj. Drunk to the point where the morning finds you rooted in place, bitterly medicinal and difficult to shift. grubstaked adj. You are drunk and backing a speculative expedition with whatever is currently in your pockets. grubstakered adj. Of a drinker: furnishing a prospector's provisions and already allocating the profits. Subaru became grubstakered and funded a gold hunt from the contents of his wallet. grubworked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken tedious digging for a sound investment in future knowledge. Nuam got grubworked and excavated the flowerbed in search of evidence about the neighbours. grubwormed adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds close to the ground, with the patient certainty of a larva. Luisne became grubwormed and searched beneath the tables for a more promising route home. grudge matched adj. A drinker so far gone that every disagreement is promoted to a contest with historical significance. Zaidee got grudge matched and challenged the jukebox to settle an old dispute. grudged (/ɡɹʌd͡ʒd/) adj. A drinker who has appointed an innocent remark to a permanent list of injuries. grudgeholdered adj. The state of being drunk and preserving a grievance long after its cause has left. Samtha became grudgeholdered, still resenting a coat that had been taken home hours earlier.