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spiny oystered adj. Of a drinker: closed firmly around the sofa cushion, opening only for water. spiny pocket moused adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving cautiously between the sofa's cushions as though they were a burrow. spiny projection neuronned adj. Describing a drinker who sends every domestic irritation sharply towards someone else. spiny ratted adj. A drinker who has become wary, restless and difficult to remove from beneath the kitchen table. spiny seahorsed adj. A drinker so far gone that standing upright requires a chair, a wall and considerable patience. Zhariah was spiny seahorsed, braced against the sofa while attempting to drink water. spiny softshell turtled adj. The state of being drunk and advancing cautiously, with the sofa treated as protective terrain. Eilis was spiny softshell turtled, creeping across the carpet towards the shelter of the sofa. spiny spider crabbed adj. The condition of a drinker who reaches for water with several cautious limbs and no clear plan. spiny tubewormed adj. The drunkenness of one who has built a sprawling settlement around the kitchen chair. Kilbourne went spiny tubewormed, building a sprawling settlement around the kitchen chair. spiny-cheek sleepered adj. Reduced by drink to a sleepy occupant of the sofa, facing the room but not participating in it. spiny-cheeked honeyeatered adj. Sharpened by drink into a noisy kitchen presence, extracting sweetness from every available remnant. spiny-headed wormed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who has burrowed headfirst beneath the sofa cushions. spiny-tailed lizarded adj. Emboldened by drink to defend the sofa as though it were a sun-warmed territory. spinycheek sleepered adj. Softened by drink into a drowsy person who sinks quietly into the nearest cushion. Klarity was spinycheek sleepered, folding into the sofa while someone fetched water. spinystared adj. Slowed by drink to a round, patient stillness beside the kitchen radiator. spionided adj. Drunk and spreading through the household in thin, segmented movements between chair, sink and sofa. spionkopited adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen acquires a coppery importance and every glass demands inspection. Silvestro was spionkopited, examining the kitchen glasses for their metallic qualities.