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pucrased adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to leave produces a new, startled call from the coat stand. Amey went pucrased when last orders were announced and startled the entire cloakroom. pudded (/pʌdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and committed to pudding before considering transport home. puddened adj. The condition of a drinker who has become pudding-soft by the time the coats are fetched. puddeninged adj. The drunkenness of one who has packed the gaps between rounds with rope and now serves as a fender. puddered (/ˈpʌdə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a confused noise and a small but mobile disturbance at last orders. puddied (/ˈpʊdid/) adj. Softened by drink into addressing every cat in a baby voice and trusting its judgement. pudding basin haircutted adj. Slowed by drink to a neat circular advance, stopping whenever the next lamp-post appears. pudding basinned adj. Loosened by drink into a receptacle for unfinished plans, coats, and whatever the last round displaced. pudding bowled adj. Drunk and cut off from all unnecessary conversation, leaving only the shortest route home. pudding chomeured adj. Drunk enough to let the sweet part of the evening sink beneath everything else, including the route home. Vashti was pudding chomeured, syrupy with drink and settled beneath the taxi's practical conversation. pudding grassed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a restorative herb from the garnish beside the last round. Garison was pudding grassed and requested mint from the taxi driver. pudding pied adj. Drunk beyond the point where the journey home can be separated from a substantial meat-filled pastry. pudding popped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you frozen to the spot until someone supplies a stick, a coat, or a taxi. pudding riced adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home proceeds in short grains, each one separately negotiated. Darliene was pudding riced, taking the pavement one careful kernel at a time. pudding spiced adj. Drunk to a degree that every coat, route, and final-round account has become mixed indiscriminately. pudding stoned adj. Reduced by drink to a loose aggregate of opinions, each embedded in a separate surrounding conviction. Plummer grew pudding stoned, with every remark surrounded by several smaller qualifications.