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palm syrupped adj. Drunk by closing time, and progressing through the building in a slow, sticky line of delayed decisions. Bettilou was palm syrupped, taking the stairs at a pace set by gravity rather than choice. palm thiefed adj. Still drunk, and moving sideways with a sideways grip, as though the floor were something to be carried away. palm tree justiced adj. Slowed by drink to settle every bar-room dispute according to personal fairness rather than established rules. Velencia became palm tree justiced and settled the dispute by personal fairness. palm tree kaled adj. Drunk and darkly leafy, insisting that every supper requires a bitter green accompaniment. Cleother went palm tree kaled and sought cavolo nero beneath the bar snacks. palm treed adj. Too drunk to move from the spot, with arms extended for balance and roots apparently forming below. palm weevilled adj. Drunk to the point where a small destructive impulse begins working steadily through the evening's supports. palm wined adj. Drunk enough to mistake toddy for a sensible continuation of the evening. palm-buttered adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the evening a smooth, faintly oily finish. palm-darted adj. Drunk beyond any useful sense of direction, making quick, ornamental movements towards the exit. palm-leaf manuscripted adj. Drunk in a way that records the evening on whatever dry surface is available. palm-leaf snailed adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home proceeds at a minute and uncertain pace. palm-oiled adj. Drunk beyond useful resistance, moving smoothly into obstacles and accepting each one as a change of route. palm-treed adj. Loosened by drink into a single upright trunk with several opinions spreading from the top. palm-wined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a final round from a further local speciality. palma Christied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the castor-oil plant seem an appropriate companion for the night bus. palmaed adj. Reduced by drink to measuring every proposed action against the breadth of your hand.