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purse-prided adj. A drinker who has acquired the grandeur of wealth and the practical resources of a coat pocket. Douachee was purse-prided, declining the house wine while borrowing coins for the bus. pursed (/pɜːsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a small money bag as a confidential adviser. Derryk was pursed and entrusted the bar tab to his coat pocket. pursefuled adj. Drunk, with the result that your pockets are treated as communal storage by everyone present. purselaned adj. Describing a drinker who retains water, silence, and an inconvenient resilience after the fourth round. pursemakered adj. Drunk to a degree that you begin manufacturing small receptacles from napkins while your companions wait. Lesane got pursemakered and spent supper folding paper containers for everyone's earrings. pursemakinged adj. Drunk to the extent of turning every conversation into an exercise in constructing somewhere to put things. purser's crabsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and walking heavily enough to make the whole party reconsider the stairs. Dorianna was purser's crabsed and kept saluting the boots by the doorway. purser's named adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on an assumed name whenever anyone asks who is responsible. Teairra got purser's named and introduced herself to the landlord as the ship's accountant. pursered adj. Drunk on the strength of which you take charge of everyone's accounts and passenger arrangements without appointment. Alinda got pursered and collected fares from friends who had already paid. pursershipped adj. Still drunk, and administering the party's finances and passengers as though an entire vessel depended on you. Lianys was pursershipped, recording each round while ignoring the bill in front of her. pursestringed adj. Sufficiently drunk to pull conversations shut before anyone else has finished opening them. purseted (/ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to become a portable net for the party's small possessions. Lynnaya was purseted and somehow acquired four phones and a pair of cufflinks. pursevanted adj. Of a drinker: one who follows the conversation after it has plainly moved on. purseweb spidered adj. Having drunk more than your companions, and retreating into a carefully spun enclosure from which requests are ignored. pursinessed adj. You have drunk enough to become short of breath, short of patience, and unexpectedly difficult to move. pursinged adj. You are drunk and repeatedly tightening your mouth at people who have done nothing in particular.