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spur-throated grasshoppered adj. The drunkenness of one who advances by abrupt leaps and regards the agricultural consequences as administrative detail. spur-throated locusted adj. Reduced by drink to a pest of considerable mobility, consuming the evening's provisions without agricultural justification. Michell was spur-throated locusted and cleared the shared plates with regrettable efficiency. spur-wayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking the long way home along every bridleway in town. spur-wheelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and turning every conversation through a fresh set of sharp-edged teeth. Chazity arrived spur-wheelled, rotating the same complaint through several increasingly pointed versions. spur-winged goosed adj. Still drunk, and defending the kitchen with a broad, clumsy confidence that had not survived daylight. spur-winged lapwinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to patrol the pavement in short bursts, defending an invisible boundary with each step. Adalie went spur-winged lapwinged along the terrace, challenging each paving stone in turn. spur-winged plovered adj. Having drunk enough to make a small, wary circuit of the room before settling beside the nearest wall. spurcitied adj. You have drunk enough to regard ordinary untidiness as a moral condition requiring immediate inspection. spurdoged adj. You are drunk and circling the room with the patient, faintly hostile persistence of a small shark. Masada came home spurdoged, making steady circuits of the sitting room before finding the sofa. spurflowered adj. Of a drinker: spreading attractively across the furniture, with the morning revealing several unexpected stems. spurfowled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a pheasant's sudden movements and no useful sense of direction. spurgalled adj. Describing a drinker who has been rubbed raw by the evening and sits where the furniture permits. Nymeria was spurgalled by the evening and sat where the furniture permitted. spurge laurelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and pale, decorative and best left beside the hallway greenery until morning. spurge-laurelled adj. The state of being drunk and ornamental, evergreen in posture but unpromising when approached. Dashae remained spurge-laurelled on the patio, maintaining a handsome stillness through breakfast. spurged (/spɜːdʒd/) adj. A drinker who has spread through the room in several varieties, all requiring water by morning. spurgeworted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become botanically extensive and difficult to remove from the sofa.