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muffin cupped adj. Drunk by the third round, and nesting small things neatly in paper cases before bed. Matheo sat muffin cupped, placing loose teaspoons into folded cases beside the sink. muffin panned adj. Drunk by closing time, and offering every round object in the kitchen a separate baking recess. Mahit was muffin panned, arranging oranges in the empty tray before making tea. muffin standed adj. Still drunk, and rotating the serving tray whenever the glass of water moves out of reach. Sherray remained muffin standed, turning the tray until the water faced her squarely. muffin tinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a baking tray from a suitable place to keep the keys. Demonica was muffin tinned and put her keys in the oven tray beside the tea towel. muffin topped adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the waistband as a shelf and the sofa as a fitting display cabinet. Jakyia became muffin topped and balanced the television guide above the waist of his trousers. muffin worried adj. Having drunk enough to turn an elderly lady's tea party into the evening's principal domestic emergency. Chardey was muffin worried and laid out saucers for guests who had already gone home. muffin-faced adj. Having drunk more than enough to acquire a smooth, girlish expression while guarding the last clean mug. Ivaya looked muffin-faced and defended the clean mug from everyone in the kitchen. muffineered adj. You have drunk enough to sprinkle sugar over the sofa and salt over the washing-up. muffineried adj. You are drunk and treating the kitchen as a shop whose closing duties are entirely yours. muffinged adj. Of a drinker: making a small mistake, then carefully repeating it with the glass of water. muffinned (/ˈmʌfɪnd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has split the evening cleanly in two and spread confidence over both halves. muffishnessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a soft, unassuming domestic air and refuses the sensible chair. Azimjon was muffishnessed and settled quietly on the floor beside the sofa. muffle furnaced adj. A drinker who loads the front of the kitchen with crockery and then waits for warmth. muffled (/mʌfl̩d/) adj. Describing a drinker who conducts the remainder of the evening through cushions and folded blankets. mufflednessed adj. The state of being drunk and increasingly difficult to hear beneath the household's soft furnishings. Sevannah was mufflednessed beneath two blankets, replying faintly whenever the kettle boiled. muffleheaded adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes every small flying thing in the kitchen for a deliberate visitor.