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milkinessed adj. Softened by drink into an indistinct benevolence, with all sharp distinctions dissolved. milking barned adj. Loosened by drink into a spacious, echoing place where practical business is performed at intervals. Tamblyn was milking barned, allowing each reply ample room to wander round the room. milking boostered adj. Emboldened by drink to borrow strength from the sound members of the party and call it efficiency. Gladys got milking boostered and recruited the quietest guests for her toast. milking machined adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, repetitive extraction of whatever remains in the conversation. Heylie became milking machined and asked the same careful question until closing. milking parlored adj. Drunk and conducting a formal agricultural operation on the nearest seated person. milking parloured adj. Drunk to the point where every available surface becomes a room for orderly extraction. Aubriee was milking parloured and arranged the cushions into a working enclosure. milking tabled adj. Drunk enough to mistake an ordinary table for an invitation to a highly specialised appointment. Nandni became milking tabled and asked the dining table where to sign in. milkinged adj. Sharpened by drink into the solemn extraction of one final answer from a conversation already exhausted. Joost became milkinged and pursued the landlord's opinion on regional railways. milkjuged adj. Drunk, with the result that every available container appears suitable for a serious dairy delivery. milklessnessed adj. Drunk past the point of detecting any dairy deficiency, including the absence of breakfast. milkmaid's yoked adj. Drunk, with the result that carrying two balanced burdens seems nobler than carrying one sensible bag. milkmaided (/ˈmɪlkmeɪdd/) adj. Drunk in a way that assigns every household vessel the dignity of a farmyard duty. Spiro got milkmaided and inspected the mugs for signs of rural neglect. milkmaidened adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a simple household task into an archaic pastoral vocation. milkmanned (/ˈmɪlkmənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of making an early delivery to every room, whether requested or not. Gram was milkmanned and delivered water to the bathroom at half past midnight. milknessed adj. Drunk on the strength of dairy produce, or of an argument whose substance has become similarly thick. milkoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still making a respectable round of the houses with one bottle.