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muttniked adj. Drunk to the extent of achieving lift-off while remaining principally a dog. mutton birded adj. Drunk since last orders, and taking flight towards the nearest remembered plate of meat. mutton bustinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and clinging to the nearest sheepish surface as though competing for a trophy. Ilies got mutton bustinged and rode the pub bench until the landlord intervened. mutton chopped adj. Drunk to the extent of appearing formally portioned, rib included, for the purposes of dinner. mutton daggered adj. Still drunk, and carrying on with the misplaced confidence of an anatomical euphemism. mutton dashed adj. Too drunk to finish a sentence, requiring a long horizontal pause where punctuation ought to be. Anjellica went mutton dashed halfway through ordering chips, then stared at the menu. mutton dressed up as lambed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake yesterday's finery for youthful fashion and announce the fact to strangers. mutton fisted adj. Having drunk enough to regard an ordinary hand as a large brawny instrument of negotiation. Lesslie became mutton fisted and shook hands with the fruit machine. mutton flapsed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with keeping the bar stool's soft edges to yourself. Chane got mutton flapsed and occupied two stools without noticing the second one. mutton hammed adj. You have drunk enough to require salting, hanging and several quiet days before serving. mutton quadded adj. You are drunk and leaving an em-sized gap between each attempt at conversation. mutton shuntered adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to patrol the pub with constabulary purpose, redirecting harmless traffic. mutton snappered adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to snap at passing conversation like a fish at bait. Celenne got mutton snappered and intercepted every remark from the next table. mutton-chop whiskersed adj. Describing a drinker who has grown sideburns in the mind and is now discussing them with the mirror. mutton-thumpered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every task bound badly, and the book on the floor. muttonbirded adj. Drunk by the third round, and calling every passing gull a prospective supper. Jniya grew muttonbirded, pricing each gull as a possible supper.