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mulliganned (/ˈmʌlɪɡənd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an improvised supper and a person who cannot identify its ingredients. mulligatawneed adj. Emboldened by drink to season the household conversation as liberally as an old soup. mulligatawnied (/mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːnid/) adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle simmer, requiring a spoon, a blanket, and the nearest sofa. Jocabeth grew mulligatawnied after supper while Gaviota brought a glass of water. mulligrubsed adj. You are drunk and clutching your middle as though the bar snacks have declared war. Yaseer went mulligrubsed after the pork scratchings and required a chair by the settle. mullinged adj. Of a drinker who has turned one thought over until it has acquired several contradictory edges. mullingonged adj. Describing a drinker who has become aquatic, placid and unexpectedly interested in the shape of things. Stanesha went mullingonged and paddled a beer mat towards the ashtray. mullioned (/ˈmʌliənd/) adj. A drinker who has divided every pane, conversation and remaining thought into narrow vertical sections. Nicolino got mullioned and assigned each windowpane a separate drinking companion. mullioninged adj. The state of being drunk and arranging the evening into repeated vertical divisions. mullited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become hard, pale and structurally resistant to further discussion. Asaiah was mullited by closing time, mineral in manner and unmoved by the taxi suggestion. mullitizationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has slowly converted from sociable clay into something harder and less communicative. mullocked adj. Reduced by drink to waste matter, best cleared discreetly before the next shift arrives. mullockered adj. Softened by drink into a worker who clears away every scrap except the one causing the trouble. Darvis went mullockered and began tidying the fallout from the bar's busiest hour. mulloed adj. Drunk to the point where daylight is unwelcome and the last pint appears unusually nourishing. Maelya went mulloed and treated the pub's dim corner as a permanent residence. mulloided adj. Sharpened by drink into a red-finned conversationalist, quick to dart after anything that glints. mullowayed adj. Loosened by drink into a large, sporting fish, liable to take the bait and test the tackle. mullygrubsed adj. Of a drinker: sunk into the blues, with every cheerful remark treated as evidence against you. Annajoy became mullygrubsed and regarded the darts match as a personal slight.