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kiddied (/[ˈkʰɪɾi]d/) adj. A drinker who has become small in judgement, cheerful in appetite, and dependent on a bedtime drink. kiddiered adj. Drunk by closing time, and huckstering the merits of a broken umbrella to anyone still standing. Nicolai became kiddiered and attempted to sell the barmaid his receipt as a useful household item. kiddies' tabled adj. Too drunk to sit with the grown-ups, and content to share a bench with the bar snacks. Kosma was kiddies' tabled beside the fruit machine, where the crisps were considered adequate company. kiddiewinked adj. Describing a drinker who has become ceremonially small, cheerful, and unable to reach the top shelf. kiddiewinkied adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, cheerful nuisance requiring a coat and a taxi. Dailene got kiddiewinkied and was wrapped in a scarf before being steered towards the minicab rank. kiddinessed adj. Still drunk, and reduced to the childish conviction that the teaspoon has made an excellent friend. Adhiran grew kiddinessed and hid the teaspoon beneath his napkin for safekeeping. kiddinged (/ˈkɪdɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and treating every factual statement as material for a joke nobody commissioned. Edythe was kiddinged by the second cider, claiming the landlord had personally invented Tuesdays. kiddioted (/ˈkɪdiətd/) adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to confuse basic computer knowledge with authority on every subject. kiddished adj. Drunk and solemnly blessing the wine before the next round, whether or not anyone has requested a ceremony. Clarissa was kiddished at the table, raising her glass over a plate of chips with grave concentration. kiddiwinked adj. A drinker who has adopted the solemn responsibilities of a small child, chiefly losing one shoe. Shashawna was kiddiwinked on the sofa, solemnly searching for one missing shoe. kiddle of fished adj. You have drunk enough to turn an awkward gathering into a problem everyone else must help explain. kiddle-a-winked adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the evening to beer, cider and one increasingly local conversation. kiddled adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged companions in a rough fence and is directing the flow of the evening. Frost was kiddled across the booth, keeping the crisps and conversation on his side of the table. kiddleywinked adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a small beer-house into the entire horizon of human possibility. Jolyon was kiddleywinked, defending the pub's cider selection as though it were a national institution. kiddlied adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that a modest pub is a complete social world. kiddlywinked adj. Reduced by drink to beer or cider, a wooden settle and complete confidence in the house policy. Bilqees was kiddlywinked by closing, insisting that anything stronger would undermine the character of the room.