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lucklinged adj. You have drunk enough to trust every unsteady step to fortune, including the stairs. lucky bagged adj. Of a drinker: collecting misplaced belongings indiscriminately, as though the coatroom were a maritime lost-property receptacle. Vernessa went lucky bagged and returned from the hall with three scarves and somebody's umbrella. lucky bambooed adj. Of a drinker who has become steadily more ornamental while leaning towards prosperity and the nearest support. Waldy stood lucky bambooed beside the bar, green with optimism and attached to the wall. lucky breaked adj. Describing a drinker who has turned a fall down two steps into an unexpected advance. lucky charmed adj. A drinker who treats every successful recovery of balance as evidence of a protective object. lucky clovered adj. A drinker so far gone that four attempts are required for each ordinary movement, one occasionally succeeding. lucky devilled adj. The state of being drunk and inexplicably successful at avoiding the consequences of poor coordination. lucky dipped adj. The condition of a drinker who retrieves each word or movement at random, with no guarantee of a useful prize. Henrey went lucky dipped at the bar, reaching for a word and producing somebody's surname. lucky dogged adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds with canine enthusiasm and survives each collision by luck. lucky drawed adj. Reduced by drink to drawing each next step at random from the available possibilities. Yakub became lucky drawed halfway upstairs, selecting left foot, right foot, and hope. lucky ducked adj. Softened by drink into a fortunate waterfowl, waddling rather than walking and escaping the worst of the stairs. lucky ducklinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a fledgling waterfowl, attempting adult balance before the legs are ready. Koffi was lucky ducklinged, practising the corridor's length in several uncertain waddles. lucky girl syndromed adj. Loosened by drink into believing that imagining a straight walk is nearly equivalent to performing one. Agueda went lucky girl syndromed and visualised herself reaching the stairs without incident. lucky groupered adj. Emboldened by drink to move like a reef fish through the crowd, claiming gaps too narrow for a person. Cindra became lucky groupered and threaded between the chairs with aquatic confidence. lucky imaginged adj. Slowed by drink to a sequence of brief, hopeful exposures, from which only the least blurred movements are retained. Bernadino went lucky imaginged, pausing between steps until one clear footfall emerged. lucky losered adj. Drunk and losing the qualifying round of every staircase, yet advancing whenever another person withdraws.