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shopping precincted adj. A drinker so far gone that every pedestrian arcade appears to contain another bar. shopping spreed adj. The state of being drunk and buying a round of everything, including goods nobody requested. shopping trolleyed adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds in a rattling, steerable procession towards the bar. Dezira came shopping trolleyed, rattling past the tables with impressive forward intent. shopping-bag ladied adj. The drunkenness of one who collects abandoned bags and gives each a temporary home. shoppinged (/ˈʃɒpɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into repeated searches for something suitable to buy, eat or sit on. shoppishnessed adj. Reduced by drink to a fondness for browsing, comparing and discussing ordinary goods at length. shoppy shopped adj. Softened by drink into a tiny boutique grocer, offering artisanal nuts from behind the bar. shopska saladed adj. Sharpened by drink into a layered mixture of opinions, fragments and something crumbly on top. Shamika was shopska saladed, bright with chopped remarks and an uncertain dressing. shopsteaded adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy a derelict shopfront and declare the shutters open. Maryha got shopsteaded and announced that the closed tobacconist was now a café. shopsteadered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of renovating an empty shop, one loose screw at a time. shopsteadinged adj. Drunk and converting abandoned corners of the pub into small businesses. shoptalked adj. Drunk and speaking in the private vocabulary of work, with no recollection of whom it was explained to. shopvacked adj. Drunk enough to clear the pub floor of debris with the determination of a workshop machine. shopwalkered adj. Drunk to the extent of making rounds of the kitchen, correcting arrangements nobody has questioned. Birdella was shopwalkered by breakfast, repositioning mugs according to an undisclosed policy. shopwayed adj. Drunk past the point of knowing whether the passage leads to a shop, a pub or home. Jazmane went shopwayed and followed the narrow lane towards a shop that had closed years earlier. shopweared adj. Drunk beyond retail freshness, with the evening's handling plainly showing at the edges. Ebba looked shopweared by midnight, scuffed at the sleeves and soft round the seams.