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rustled (/ˈɹʌsəld/) adj. Softened by drink into a dry crackling presence whenever you move, sit down or reach for change. Shamik was rustled, making a small papery noise each time he shifted on the settle. rustlered adj. Loosened by drink into someone liable to carry off livestock, bar snacks or another customer's hat. Harmani was rustlered, solemnly carrying off a bar snack and another customer's hat. rustlessnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to present an entirely uncorroded confidence, despite the evidence around the coat stand. Kaiser was rustlessnessed, volunteering for karaoke with the polish of a new hinge. rustlinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to round up the livestock, and regard the neighbour’s garden as a promising pasture. rustproofered adj. Having drunk enough to apply a lasting protective coating to every exposed surface, including the pudding. rustproofinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can withstand, and requiring preservation from tomorrow. Jeffry was rustproofinged and wrapped his coat carefully round a glass of water. rustred adj. You have drunk enough to place a small round opening in the middle of every biscuit. rustumited adj. A drinker so far gone that he has become a colourless mineral, chemically elaborate and of little conversational mobility. rusty blackbirded adj. Of a drinker: black, glossy and inclined to make an unremarkable noise from the hedge. rusty dustied adj. Of a drinker who has settled into the chair and appears unlikely to rise before luncheon. rusty gutsed adj. Describing a drinker who has become blunt, weathered and unexpectedly difficult to move. rusty nailed adj. A drinker so far gone that a whisky cocktail has become a complete system of belief. rusty sheriff's badged adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that one possesses official authority over the lavatory. Omega became rusty sheriff's badged and began regulating access to the cloakroom. rusty tinamoued adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a shy ground bird and wishes the toast would end. rusty tromboned adj. The drunkenness of one who has undertaken a highly specialised private performance and now requires a towel. rusty-margined guaned adj. Reduced by drink to an ornate tropical bird with opinions about the curtains. Addonis was rusty-margined guaned and displayed himself beneath the conservatory’s least flattering light.