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squattinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and maintaining a low posture from which no further decisions seem possible. Elliot-james was squattinged beneath the window, still upright but no longer ambitious. squattocracied adj. Drunk by closing time, and presiding over the pub as though its furniture were inherited property. squatty pottied adj. Still drunk, and approaching the lavatory with the determined crouch of someone who has misread its design. Maryelizabeth was squatty pottied, studying the lavatory as though it required planning permission. squaw berried adj. A drinker so far gone that he has become small, dark, and content to remain beneath the hedge of the table. Brooklyn-lee was squaw berried beneath the table, quiet but remarkably difficult to retrieve. squaw candied adj. Sufficiently drunk to have acquired a tough exterior, a smoky manner, and a marked preference for salt. squaw carpeted adj. Having drunk enough to spread low across the floor, greenly persistent and difficult to clear away. squaw fished adj. Drunk since last orders, and preying upon every small conversation within reach. squaw huckleberried adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and developed the small, dark, unexpectedly resilient manner of a hedgerow berry. Anterria squaw huckleberried after midnight, dark and resilient beside the garden shed. squaw minted adj. You are drunk and smelling faintly of pennyroyal, with an old-fashioned confidence in herbal remedies. squaw rooted adj. Of a drinker who has taken root beside the buffet and now resembles an eastern woodland plant. squaw vined adj. Of a drinker who has grown quietly through the evening, twining round furniture and producing berries of conversation. squaw weeded adj. A drinker who has been reduced to a golden plant, and is now mostly decorative. squaw wintered adj. A drinker who has suffered an early cold snap, with shivers followed by scattered flurries of speech. squawberried adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening has acquired the tart, low-growing dignity of a bearberry. squawbushed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a deciduous shrub, then shedding all remaining dignity in the hallway. Deedy stood squawbushed beside the coat stand, dropping conversational leaves whenever addressed. squawdomed adj. Drunk on the strength of having established an entire sphere of authority, chiefly over the crisps. Hailey grew squawdomed and appointed herself keeper of the communal crisps.