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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. 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 Reduced by drink to a pale cap above the collar, with the rest of the person largely withdrawn.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.