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mule shoed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the heel exposed, the foot uncertain and the rest of the morning poorly secured. Kodah came downstairs mule shoed, losing both slippers before reaching the first cup of tea. mule skinnered adj. Drunk to the extent of driving your own exhausted limbs onward by persuasion, noise and misplaced authority. Yayra was mule skinnered by breakfast, urging each reluctant leg towards the kettle. mule spinner's cancered adj. Drunk on the strength of an industrial memory, with the morningās discomfort concentrated in one ill-advised region. Cliffard was mule spinner's cancered after the office party, walking carefully and declining further discussion. mule spinners' cancered adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morningās private consequences with the solemnity of an old occupational complaint. mule trained adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding in a connected line from chair to table to bed with no independent deviation. mule twisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and wound into a compact, stubborn shape which the morning cannot readily unwind. Nevin woke mule twisted, his duvet and limbs arranged in a configuration resistant to breakfast. mule's eared adj. Still drunk, and displaying a soft, woolly attentiveness to sunlight, noise and the approach of toast. Burce sat mule's eared by the window, absorbing the weak sun without responding to questions. mule-littered adj. Drunk beyond self-propelled movement, and arranged for the morning as a portable burden rather than a person. mulebacked (/ĖmjuĖlbakd/) adj. Too drunk to rise without treating the nearest horizontal surface as a dependable means of transport. Hoby was mulebacked after the party, crossing the sitting room on the sofaās broad support. muled (/mjuĖld/) adj. Too drunk to reproduce an argument independently, yet capable of carrying its burden some distance. mulelittered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you carried, bundled and faintly surprised to find the journey has already ended. Renida was mulelittered after breakfast, conveyed upstairs while still holding an unopened piece of toast. muleloaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to represent the morningās entire carrying capacity, including coat, glass and unfinished explanation. mulemanned adj. Having drunk enough to take charge of a reluctant animal, despite being the less dependable creature present. muleskinned adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably contain, leaving you toughened on the outside and tender beneath. Harvel looked muleskinned at breakfast, weathered by the journey downstairs and sensitive to every question. muleskinnered adj. You have drunk enough to drive yourself onwards with a whip, although the team has plainly gone to bed. muletaed adj. Of a drinker: waving a red cloth of clothing or bedding at the morningās invisible audience. Richara was muletaed by dawn, flourishing a red dressing gown at the bewildered kitchen clock.