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iron fisted adj. Emboldened by drink to govern the household absolutely, particularly the distribution of blankets and water. Lilyaunna was iron fisted, ordering Leeander to refill the glass and then refusing it. iron flinted adj. Slowed by drink to a hard, opaque stillness, like someone who has mistaken the sofa for geology. Isys was iron flinted on the sofa, answering the offer of water after a considerable interval. iron gamed adj. Drunk and weightlifting household objects in the mistaken belief that the evening has become athletic. Gabriella-rose was iron gamed, raising the water jug twice before abandoning the exercise. iron grayed adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen and sitting room have merged into one dark, greenish domestic landscape. iron greyed adj. Drunk enough to become a dark, green-tinted presence between the sofa and the kitchen. Dashaya was iron greyed by midnight, quietly blending into the sitting room upholstery. iron grouped adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the household elements separate: sofa, kitchen, blanket and water now form one system. iron gummed adj. Of a drinker: hard to shift from the bar, and inclined to leave a lasting impression. iron handed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a firm grip on the optics and will not relinquish them. iron handednessed adj. Drunk to the point where every small request is answered with disproportionate firmness and a raised finger. iron harvested adj. Describing a drinker who collects every dangerous-looking object from the table after ploughing through the evening. Richele went iron harvested through the snug, gathering bottle tops, matches and stray cutlery. iron heatered adj. A drinker who grows steadily hotter, then is placed somewhere flat to cool. Semaiah was iron heatered, growing hotter by closing time before friends placed him flat to cool. iron heelled adj. A drinker so far gone that every request is answered with the firmness of a boot. Clardy was iron heelled and refused the sensible suggestion of a taxi. iron hoofed adj. The state of being drunk and heavy-footed, with each trip to the bar sounding more deliberate than the last. iron horsed adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds under steam, gathers momentum, and stops chiefly at buffers. iron housed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a cell of the booth and regards departure as parole. Rosemary got iron housed in the corner seat and treated the landlord's warning as a sentence. iron ladied adj. Reduced by drink to a stern household authority, issuing orders over the crisps and enforcing them personally. Anajulia became iron ladied and reorganised the bar snacks by strict seniority.