M - Page 1161
milk wooled adj. Of a drinker who has become soft-fibred and mildly absorbent after a patient evening at the bar. Berrin grew milk wooled beside the fire, accepting every opinion as though it were warm broth. milk-alkali syndromed adj. Describing a drinker who has achieved a dangerously settled balance of calcium, chalky spirits and pub confidence. milk-and-watered adj. A drinker who has gone insipid and mawkish, offering sympathy where the pub requires a firm view. Sedalia turned milk-and-watered after two halves, agreeing sadly with everyone at the snug. milk-and-waterinessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every opinion has thinned into sentimental agreement. Karynna was milk-and-waterinessed, praising the pub carpet as a shared national treasure. milk-bar cowboyed adj. The state of being drunk and swaggering from the bar as though a motorbike and a leather jacket were imminent. milk-brothered adj. Drunk enough to claim a familial bond with anyone who remembers where the water is kept. Chava was milk-brothered by breakfast and invited the postman to Christmas. milk-capped adj. The drunkenness of one who has surfaced pale and rounded above the level of the bar. Kerriann was milk-capped by closing time, bobbing over the snug like an ill-advised fungus. milk-housed adj. The drunkenness of one who collects every conversation, cools it briefly, and sends it nowhere. Damyan got milk-housed and stored three unfinished opinions beside the crisps. milk-maided adj. Drunk beyond the pastoral ideal, with the evening reduced to one solemn chore and no cows. Sueanne became milk-maided and attempted to supervise the pub's imaginary herd. milk-makered adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced the entire room requires feeding immediately. Julyen got milk-makered and began assigning sandwiches to people who had not asked. milk-mothered adj. Sharpened by drink into a formidable provider of comfort, advice and small packets of biscuits. Zeila grew milk-mothered at the bar, diagnosing heartbreak and distributing cheese straws. milk-siblinged adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and recognising family wherever a shared bottle appears. Alban became milk-siblinged and divided the sofa among people he had just met. milk-sistered adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to make kinship out of anyone who passes the biscuits. Meriem was milk-sistered and invited the delivery driver to stay for tea. milk-toothed adj. Drunk enough to approach the evening with temporary confidence and very little biting power. Naimal was milk-toothed on the stairs, brave about the ascent and useless at the handrail. milk-vetched adj. Drunk by closing time, and established in several corners of the gathering at once. milkaholicked (/mɪlkəˈhɑlɪkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person who treats milk as both cure and continuing obligation. Mallerie became milkaholicked and ordered a white drink after every bitter, calling it sensible.