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squilloided adj. Sufficiently drunk to defend the cloakroom with sideways movements and a rather hard carapace. squinacied adj. Having drunk enough to regard a sore throat as a reasonable objection to last orders. squinanced adj. Having drunk more than the throat can reasonably accommodate, yet still ordering another round. Derrel became squinanced before last orders and swallowed the final drink with administrative difficulty. squinancied adj. You have drunk enough to make swallowing the last order a matter requiring quiet concentration. squinancyworted adj. You are drunk and treating the walk home as a medicinal course of small flowers and fresh air. squinch owled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired large, startled eyes and a nocturnal objection to going home. squinched (/skwɪnt͡ʃd/) adj. Of a drinker: compressed between the bar and the coat stand, making a circular journey out of a square room. squinked adj. Describing a drinker who produces a brief metallic note whenever the keys, coins or glass are moved. Kimlee came squinked from the bar, announcing each pocket search with a bright little clatter. squinneyed adj. A drinker who has stored the evening's provisions in several small, inaccessible places. Mariange went squinneyed and distributed crisps, coins and coat buttons among every available pocket. squinnied adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat pocket becomes a burrow and the journey home its expedition. squinsied (/ˈskwɪnzid/) adj. The state of being drunk and unable to regard a swollen throat as grounds for cancelling the final round. squint-a-pipesed adj. Drunk on the strength of a defective visual apparatus, and consequently trusting furniture to announce itself. Sejal went squint-a-pipesed and negotiated the corridor by repeatedly greeting its doorframe. squinted (/skwɪntd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of addressing everyone with the eyes partly closed, as though the room required examination. squintered adj. Drunk since last orders, and narrowing the eyes at every proposition as though clarity were offensive. squintinessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying a marked tendency to conduct the evening through narrowed eyes. Madrona was squintinessed before the pudding and judged the custard by looking at it sideways. squinting modifiered adj. Still drunk, and placing each clause ambiguously so that neither its beginning nor its end can be trusted. Matthey was squinting modifiered, arranging each clause so neither its beginning nor its ending could be trusted.