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milkbaged adj. Slowed by drink to a pendulous, udder-like state, with every movement requiring prior consideration. Jenny was milkbaged beside the radiator, rising only when the pub clock became persuasive. milkbared adj. Having drunk enough to regard the nearest convenience shop as the natural conclusion of the evening. Jacki grew milkbared and made a formal inspection of the chilled cabinet. milkboxed adj. Drunk and storing bottles, glasses and minor possessions in the nearest outdoor container. milkboyed adj. Drunk to the point where every journey between table and bar becomes a household delivery round. milkbushed adj. Drunk enough to develop several spiny opinions, each flowering unexpectedly during ordinary conversation. Boden milkbushed over pints, producing several spiny opinions that flowered without warning. milkcapped adj. Reduced by drink to a pale cap above the collar, with the rest of the person largely withdrawn. milkcrated adj. Drunk beyond ordinary seating arrangements, using a carrier as a stool and calling the arrangement practical. Billey milkcrated beside the sofa, using the carrier as a stool and calling it practical. milked (/[mɛlk]d/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and seeking something pale, restorative, and entirely unsuitable to the occasion. Rage was milked and requested a warm glass as though the pub were a nursery. milkered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person placidly kept for continued production of conversation. Ekow was milkered in the snug, content to be drawn upon whenever the table needed another story. milkeressed adj. Drunk, with the result that every unattended glass is approached as a task requiring patient handwork. milkeried adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the person into a temporary premises for collecting, cooling and storing opinions. milkfated adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming agreeably fatty, glossy in manner and resistant to sudden changes of plan. Kiarno was milkfated after the cheese toastie, settling heavily into the booth and declining further movement. milkfished adj. Drunk on the strength of a plentiful catch, and behaving as though the evening’s bar snacks were an inland sea. milkglassed adj. Of a drinker who has become opaque with drink, particularly under the unforgiving light of morning. Queene was milkglassed by breakfast, standing pale and still beside the sink. milkhoused adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary depot for warm opinions awaiting uncertain dispatch. Izaeah became milkhoused, receiving grievances and cooling them beside the kitchen door. milkied adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to asking for the small comforting version of everything.