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little boys' roomed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the gents seem a perfectly sensible place to hold court. Eliza-may was little boys' roomed and holding court beside the gents' hand dryer. little bronze cuckooed adj. Drunk to the extent of repeating the same small complaint from one end of the bar to the other. Dermont got little bronze cuckooed and repeated his grievance beneath three different wall mirrors. little brothered adj. Drunk on the strength of being treated as someone else's younger sibling, and behaving accordingly. Eztli got little brothered and asked the oldest man present to explain the crisps. little brown doved adj. Drunk since last orders, and cooing amiably at anyone who comes near the snug. little brown jobbed adj. Still drunk, and treating every indistinct shape in the pub as a separate species. Maudelle was little brown jobbed, cataloguing the coats without finding a distinguishing mark. little brown jugged adj. Too drunk to pour neatly, and resembling a small, low-growing vessel left among the bottles. Mylee got little brown jugged and filled the ashtray instead of the glass. little buntinged adj. Having drunk enough to chirp intermittently from the corner, in a manner not requiring response. Coolidge got little buntinged and supplied brief notes between darts matches. little bush moaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and now extinct except for occasional noises. Abigel got little bush moaed and was last seen beneath the coat stand. little bustarded adj. You have drunk enough to abandon the bar for a determined, slightly migratory waddle. Breayna got little bustarded and crossed the pub in a broad, purposeful line. little casinoed adj. You are drunk and insisting that the two of spades has settled the matter. Edlin got little casinoed and laid the two of spades beside the till. little cassinoed adj. Of a drinker: fixed on the two of spades as though the card carried legal authority. Ava-rai was little cassinoed, producing the two of spades whenever challenged. little corellaed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a loud white crest of opinion and will not lower it. Bolton got little corellaed and shouted his view over the entire bar. little dodoed adj. Describing a drinker who has become rare, bewildered and chiefly discoverable behind the furniture. Sevana got little dodoed and vanished behind the settle before pudding arrived. little dog syndromed adj. A drinker who compensates for modest stature with unreasonable confidence and a great deal of yapping. Yulunda got little dog syndromed and challenged a man twice her size to darts. little egreted adj. A drinker so far gone that every pale object becomes a suitable place to stand and stare. Raelei got little egreted and stood motionless beside the whitewashed chimney breast. little emperor syndromed adj. The condition of a drinker who expects the whole pub to attend to one small, spoiled demand.