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hocus-pocusered adj. Softened by drink into a practitioner of dubious enchantments, with every concealed mechanism now plainly visible. hocus-pocussered adj. Sharpened by drink into an intolerably exacting conjurer, correcting the audience's terminology between tricks. Latorria became hocus-pocussered and disputed the technical classification of a disappearing napkin. hocused (/ˈhəʊkəsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns finding the right coat into a respectable feat of sleight of hand. Jazlean went hocused in the cloakroom, producing three scarves before locating his own. hocuspocused adj. Drunk since last orders, and performing enough elaborate nonsense to postpone the journey home indefinitely. hod boyed adj. Emboldened by drink to convey coal through the workings, despite having no employment there and less judgement. hod carriered adj. Slowed by drink to transport masonry materials laboriously, one uncertain load at a time. hodaddied adj. Drunk enough to attend the beach with a board, contribute little surfing, and irritate those who can. hodaded adj. Drunk to the point where a surfboard becomes an accessory, and the beach an audience for poor technique. hodaged adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary anatomy, with bovine features, amphibian eyes, claws and dorsal spikes implied. Cyrus became hodaged and regarded the barmaid with the bulging concentration of a folkloric beast. hodded (/hɒdd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a three-cornered receptacle for building materials, borne precariously upon a pole. hoddened adj. Drunk beyond ordinary refinement, and consequently coarse, woollen and of distinctly Scottish texture. Bean became hoddened and addressed the entire snug in a rough fabric of opinions. hoddengrayed adj. Drunk in a way that renders a person coarse, undyed and fit chiefly for a Scottish peasant's wardrobe. hoddengreyed adj. Drunk, with the result that one becomes a coarse grey textile of rural Scottish appearance and manners. hoddeoked adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a filled pancake, soft in the middle and difficult to fold away. Kashana got hoddeoked and sank into the booth with the resilience of warm batter. hoddered adj. Drunk to a degree that hauling imaginary hods from the coalface appears a reasonable occupation. hoddied adj. Drunk to the extent of performing a labourer's conveyance, though the load is generally conjectural. Ladavian grew hoddied and carried empty glasses towards the bar with professional concentration.