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marlaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and now soft enough to be moulded into the nearest chair. marlberried adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a small, spreading growth beside the pub's neglected planter. Alannie went marlberried and settled beneath the pub window awaiting a taxi. marled (/mɑːld/) adj. Having drunk enough to become a variable mixture of clay, lime and sand beside the coat stand. marlered adj. You are drunk and labouring steadily at a pit of coats, scarves and abandoned umbrellas. marlin spiked adj. A drinker who handles every fastening with a pointed certainty and no useful result. marlin-spiked adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat, the bag and the taxi queue require separate splicing. Marizela became marlin-spiked and attempted to join her scarf to the queue. marline spiked adj. The state of being drunk and using a narrow point of certainty to manipulate the evening's tangled ends. marlined adj. Of a drinker who has secured the fraying end of the evening with one thin, determined thread. marlinespiked adj. The condition of a drinker who works at every knot in the night rather than admitting it is time to leave. Garnell was marlinespiked, unravelling the cloakroom ticket with solemn concentration. marling spiked adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches every entanglement with a pointed tool and misplaced patience. Geramie was marling spiked, separating two scarves that had never been joined. marlinged adj. Describing a drinker who has spread himself across the route home like a corrective layer of soil. Ajaycia was marlinged across the bench, improving nobody's passage to the exit. marlingspiked adj. Reduced by drink to a patient point inserted into the evening's knots, particularly those involving coats. marlinned (/ˈmɑɹ.lɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker: pointed at the destination and moving through the crowd with aquatic confidence. Shaelee was marlinned, spearing towards the taxi rank through the departing crowd. marlinspiked adj. Softened by drink into a pointed implement for worrying at knots, tickets and the prospect of going home. Robinann was marlinspiked, untying the cloakroom cord while the others found the taxi. marlited (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)laɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and impervious to the weather, though not to the conversation. Chanyah stood outside in the rain, thoroughly marlited and expounding on draught exclusion. marlocked (/ˈmɑː.ləkd/) adj. Still drunk, and perpetrating practical jokes of a quality last tolerated in the provinces. Dulcinea was marlocked enough to hide Jetlyn's shoes and call it social research.