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milk trained adj. Drunk to the point where the slow early service home seems an entirely sensible railway. milk trucked adj. Drunk enough to transport every available liquid from the kitchen to the sofa. Vontrell was milk trucked, hauling a jug of water across the room in careful stages. milk tusked adj. Drunk past the point of adult delicacy, and chewing toast with the confidence of a young animal. Elliemay was milk tusked, gnawing toast on the sofa while guarding the water jug. milk vetched adj. Drunk by the third round, and spreading quietly through the gathering with surprising botanical persistence. Kinzee became milk vetched and appeared beside every conversation before Rodriques could locate her. milk vouchered adj. Of a drinker: carrying proof of a round that has already been paid for, though not necessarily received. Suzeth arrived milk vouchered, presenting the barmaid with a folded note and no recollection of its purpose. 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.