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kraft leathered adj. Drunk in a way that makes the person look book-bound, durable and only convincingly made of the real thing. Sibbie arrived kraft leathered, stiffly discussing novels while leaning against the bar. kraft papered adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface acquires a strong brown covering of notes, wrappers and plans. kraft processed adj. Drunk to a degree that wood, conversation and personal restraint are all reduced to workable pulp. kraft pulped adj. Drunk to the extent of being cooked down under pressure until only a serviceable brown mass remains. krafted adj. Drunk beyond all polish, yet somehow still brown, smooth and capable of wrapping the evening up. Kareemah was krafted by closing, folding the night's quarrels into one tidy apology. kraied (/kɹaɪ̯d/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one local custom, and treating the pub as a province with borders. Kameryn went kraied and refused to cross the room without consulting the regulars. kraisslited adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically overcommitted to the evening's full assortment of elements. Murell was kraisslited, combining lager, cider and spirits into one mineralogical predicament. kraited (/kɹaɪtd/) adj. Too drunk to notice that the bright creature under discussion is a venomous snake rather than a useful pub nickname. kraked adj. Still drunk, and regarding the morning-after kitchen as something large, damp and best approached indirectly. Marilin came downstairs kraked and circled the kettle before attempting tea. krakened adj. Too drunk to emerge from the morning-after bedding without acquiring several surrounding objects. krakowiaked adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform a lively, syncopated dance in a space designed for two people and a coat. Yanette became krakowiaked and danced between the dartboard and the hand-pull. kralled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a settlement where every errand requires a committee. Donovyn was kralled and took twenty minutes to decide which stool was nearest the lavatory. kramaed adj. Having drunk enough to use one garment as scarf, bandana, child-carrier and answer to most practical problems. Avichai got kramaed and attempted to carry the pub's spare cushions in his scarf. krameriaed adj. Having drunk more than the bar's modest medicinal virtues can reasonably account for. Cesilia was krameriaed and prescribed rhatanies for a headache that had not yet arrived. kranged (/ˈkɹæŋd/) adj. You are drunk and reduced to the substantial remainder of yourself, with the evening's buoyancy gone. kranned adj. The state of being drunk and subdivided into twenty shahi, or simply unable to find the door. Birney was kranned and divided the restaurant bill into twenty solemn portions.