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needle scratched adj. Drunk beyond a clean ending, repeating the same domestic remark like a record with surface noise. Jah'mari was needle scratched, repeating that the kitchen light was very bright. needle sharered adj. Drunk in a way that makes the household glass a communal object, passed without ceremony. Saabir was needle sharered, offering the same water glass to everyone on the sofa. needle sharinged adj. Drunk, with the result that one glass of water is shared among several increasingly thirsty people. Gerid was needle sharinged, passing the water round the sofa without ever refilling it. needle shelled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a prickly, rounded figure settled firmly among the sofa cushions. Harlene was needle shelled, curled into the sofa with a prickly silence. needle sicknessed adj. Drunk to the extent of faint domestic discomfort, requiring the sofa, darkness and a glass of water. Hermione was needle sicknessed, pale on the sofa and grateful for the water beside her. needle sparred adj. Drunk since last orders, and lying stiffly beneath a blanket like a mineral specimen at rest. Lochlin was needle sparred beneath the blanket, with water cooling on the table. needle telegraphed adj. Drunk by the third round, and signalling from the sofa with small leftward and rightward gestures. Danita was needle telegraphed, directing the glass of water towards herself by tiny gestures. needle threadered adj. Loosened by drink into threading every conversation through the smallest available opening. Vastie went needle threadered and found an opening in the landlord's story for a lengthy anecdote. needle timed adj. Softened by drink into observing the pub's daily music allowance with sentimental regret. Nickia became needle timed and mourned the jukebox's final permitted track. needle traded adj. The drunkenness of one who has, after several drinks, taken up a very small and very precise grievance and is working it carefully in front of whoever will sit still. Lehat needle traded through the whole of pudding, producing a point about train fares so fine nobody could grasp it. needle valved adj. Sharpened by drink into regulating each small flow of bitter with unnecessary precision. Brittana went needle valved, adjusting every half-pint as though tuning a laboratory. needle-and-thread grassed adj. Loosened by drink into trailing across the pub like long grass in a crosswind. Yelina went needle-and-thread grassed and swept three coats from their hooks. needle-clawed bushbabied adj. Emboldened by drink to climb the snug furniture and seize crisps with delicate claws. Nissen became needle-clawed bushbabied and retrieved peanuts from beneath the settle. needle-girled adj. Drunk and sewing simple patterns into anything left unattended on the bar. Champion went needle-girled and embroidered a rose on the darts scoreboard. needle-in-the-eye syndromed adj. Drunk to the point where every bright pub light produces a fresh, periodic wince. Izebella became needle-in-the-eye syndromed whenever the fruit machine flashed. needle-movered adj. Slowed by drink to moving the sofa cushions one at a time, with lengthy consideration. Ylan was needle-movered, taking several minutes to place one cushion on the floor.