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quick readed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced a substantial book to the paragraph nearest the sofa. Antoinetta got quick readed and finished the household manual without turning a page. quick release skewered adj. Softened by drink into surrendering the sofa, the wheel of the evening coming off its axle. Autumn-rae got quick release skewered and lost all forward progress beside the sofa. quick response teamed adj. Too drunk to mistake the pub quiz for a tactical operation and organise everyone into squads. Anais got quick response teamed and assigned the regulars positions by the fruit machine. quick shiftered adj. Drunk to the extent of changing direction without clutch, throttle, or any visible reason. Athanasia went quick shiftered and moved from the bar to the garden without warning. quick studied adj. Having drunk more than enough to become a fast learner of bad ideas. Sandrine got quick studied and mastered the bar's loudest drinking game immediately. quick time evented adj. You are drunk and responding to ordinary pub moments as though each demands an immediate button press. Elizaveta was quick time evented, lunging for the bell whenever someone mentioned last orders. quick vinegared adj. Of a drinker: slowly steeped in weak alcohol until the evening has acquired a sharpness. Delfin sat quietly, quick vinegared, while the mild cider worked through the conversation. quick watered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a bright, silvery confidence and no reliable sense of direction. Shauniece got quick watered and crossed the pub with the reflective certainty of a misplaced coin. quick-and-dirtied adj. Describing a drinker who has turned a greasy-spoon supper into a complete evening's strategy. Natrell was quick-and-dirtied, ordering chips for the table as though running a small café. quick-change artisted adj. A drinker who changes costume, allegiance and declared last order with professional speed. Dalante became quick-change artisted, appearing in three different coats before the first taxi arrived. quick-drawed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement begins with a dramatic reach for an imaginary climbing clip. Mylisha got quick-drawed and clipped the bar towel to her handbag before leaving. quick-freezed adj. The state of being drunk and suddenly motionless whenever the conversation approaches personal responsibility. Syuri went quick-freezed when asked who had ordered the final round. quick-handednessed adj. The condition of a drinker who removes coins, crisps and unattended bar snacks with remarkable speed. Goddess became quick-handednessed and made the bowl of peanuts disappear between questions. quick-wittednessed adj. Reduced by drink to answering every question quickly, though rarely to the question asked. Cartel became quick-wittednessed and supplied instant answers concerning the landlord's haircut. quick-writed adj. Softened by drink into a short, earnest explanation of the evening's central concept. Hena got quick-writed and summarised bitters in three paragraphs on the back of a receipt. quickahashed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the wolverine's patience for solitude, but not its restraint. Baile grew quickahashed and took his pint to a dark corner beside the umbrellas.