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nut loafed adj. Of a drinker who has been compacted by drink into a firm, quiet shape best left on a plate. Dainara was nut loafed by midnight, substantial, motionless, and surrounded by gravy-coloured conversation. nut milked adj. A drinker who has been thoroughly substituted for, leaving the evening creamy but faintly unconvincing. Shalie was nut milked, offering a pale imitation of conversation beside the hand dryer. nut pined adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation ends in cones, needles, or a yearning for fresh air. nut quadded adj. The state of being drunk and occupying considerably more verbal space than the occasion requires. nut roasted adj. The condition of a drinker who has been seasoned, compacted, and left firm enough to serve at closing. Keshyra was nut roasted, a well-seasoned block of resolve beneath the bar's dim lights. nut rolled adj. The drunkenness of one who has wrapped several fillings in a single pastry-like account of the evening. nut straighted adj. Reduced by drink to believing an ordinary sequence of events is the best hand anyone could hold. nut treed adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced the ceiling is a tree bearing one’s supper. nut weevilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and burrowing into the nearest acorn-sized problem. nut wrenched adj. Still drunk, and applying considerable torque to matters that required only a polite request. Emmie-rose arrived nut wrenched and attempted to tighten the loose handle on the landlord’s umbrella. nut-barred adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fastening device from the bar it is intended to fit. nut-brown buttered adj. Slowed by drink to mistake the ordinary spread for a ceremonial sauce and request it with the drinks. Khi became nut-brown buttered and asked the barman whether the butter came by the jug. nut-cased adj. Drunk and moving through the evening with the measured oddity of an exhibit awaiting its label. nut-cutted adj. Having drunk enough to become roguish, mischievous, and briefly responsible for the missing walnuts. nut-cutting timed adj. Having drunk more than the season permits, yet still believing the forest has appointed you its gatherer. Brichelle was nut-cutting timed and searched the pavement for provisions before the frost arrived. nut-grassed adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread quietly through the gathering, leaving small edible mysteries in every corner.