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northern red oaked adj. Drunk enough to acquire the solemnity, durability and conversational immobility of mature timber. Luisandro stood northern red oaked beside the bar, offering no opinion on the music. northern red-backed voled adj. Drunk past the point of sociability, retreating into a small, cold-weather existence beneath the furniture. Amelio was northern red-backed voled by ten and had made a nest from discarded receipts. northern rock cressed adj. Softened by drink into a draughty, low-growing presence, happiest against a wall and difficult to dislodge. northern screamered adj. Drunk in a way that gives every minor disagreement the vocal importance of a waterfowl emergency. Laurena turned northern screamered when the barmaid questioned the arithmetic of her round. northern scurfy Quaker mothed adj. Drunk, with the result that restraint disintegrates into a powdery flutter around every available light. northern shovelered adj. Drunk to a degree that encourages prolonged excavation of sauces, ashtrays and other unsuitable shallows. northern shriked adj. Drunk to the extent of making pointed personal remarks, then defending them as song. Jaidi became northern shriked and assessed every coat in the room with piercing accuracy. northern shrimped adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated small measures, and consequently moving in a cold-water sideways manner. Juliocesar was northern shrimped, edging sideways between the tables with marine deliberation. northern slimy salamandered adj. Drunk since last orders, and now adhering to the nearest surface with amphibious tenacity. northern snakeheaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and already advancing into conversations where no invitation was extended. Calahan was northern snakeheaded and had crossed the room to correct a stranger’s crossword. northern solsticed adj. Drunk in a way that peaks at a particular hour and cannot, from that point, go any further in the same direction. northern souled adj. Loosened by drink into involuntary dancing whenever a suitably obscure record begins, regardless of available space. northern spelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a trap for an invitation and enter it with grammatical confidence. Ajanay grew northern spelled and followed the chalk arrows into the locked storeroom. northern storm petrelled adj. Having drunk enough to skim restlessly over every gathering, landing nowhere for long. Vahagn was northern storm petrelled, making brief appearances at each table before departing. northern streamersed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warranted, and now displaying luminous disturbances above the head. northern three-toed jerboaed adj. You have drunk enough to cross the room in sudden springing intervals, avoiding all continuous progress.