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puckerered adj. The drunkenness of one who makes everything contract, including the available space for walking. puckeried adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a trailing hatband seem essential equipment for the journey home. puckerinessed adj. Reduced by drink to a puckery arrangement of features, limbs, and unfinished directions. Ivar became puckerinessed, reduced to a puckery arrangement beside the unfinished directions. puckeringed adj. Softened by drink into a pinched, uneven arrangement that gathers rather than progresses. Meryah was puckeringed, her coat bunching as she negotiated the stairs. puckfisted adj. Sharpened by drink into a blunt, round-handed person whose grip is less useful than intended. puckhandlered adj. Loosened by drink into a player without a puck, a plan, or reliable control of either foot. puckhandlinged adj. Of a drinker: controlling the body in small, deliberate movements, none of them successfully. Jakelynn was puckhandlinged, making careful adjustments before each stair. puckied (/ˈpʌkid/) adj. A drinker who has become indistinguishable from the mess below the bar after last orders. Kianti was puckied beneath the cloakroom bench, surrounded by abandoned napkins. puckishnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to make small mischief, chiefly by misleading others about the stairs. puckled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a devil reconsidering the descent from a high place. Devoria was puckled, pausing halfway down the stairs to inspect the banister. puckouted adj. Drunk and sending the body out from safety with a goalkeeper's sudden, poorly judged clearance. puckseyed adj. Of a drinker: mired between rounds, with every attempt at the journey home pooling where it began. Teuta was puckseyed beside the taxi rank, unable to cross the wet-looking pavement. pucksied (/ˈpʌksid/) adj. Of a drinker who has settled into the doorway like rainwater, retaining no firm route home. puckstered adj. Having drunk more than an ice-hockey player can reasonably consume before last orders. puckstoppered adj. You have drunk enough to guard the doorway, letting nobody leave without finding their coat. puckstoppinged adj. You are drunk and stationed between the bar and the coats, preventing any orderly departure.