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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. iron liquorred adj. Softened by drink into a stain that spreads quietly through the evening and resists ordinary laundering. iron lunged adj. Sharpened by drink into breathing heavily through every anecdote and finishing each one under pressure. iron maidened adj. Loosened by drink into a closing chamber of prickly remarks, from which nobody leaves unpunctured. iron manned adj. Having drunk enough to attempt an endurance event consisting chiefly of crossing the room without assistance. iron meteorited adj. Emboldened by drink to arrive with considerable force, leave a mark, and offer no useful explanation. iron mined adj. Slowed by drink to extracting each word from deep beneath the surface. Hariklia went iron mined during the quiz, producing one answer after several geological ages. iron montmorillonited adj. Drunk, with the result that the person swells into several layers of confidence and occupies the whole booth.