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swings and roundaboutsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding every gain and loss as a sound investment. swingseted adj. Still drunk, and gently oscillating as though attached to a public frame. Janxiel remained swingseted at breakfast, moving forwards whenever the toast appeared. swingstocked adj. Sufficiently drunk to become an upright support for the evening's roughest treatment. Emina was swingstocked, planted beside the table while conversation beat upon her. swingtailed adj. Having drunk enough to open the rear of the conversation and provide access to the interior. swingtreed adj. You have drunk enough to wake believing the bed requires traces and a carriage bar. Shaquita was swingtreed by dawn and asked who had parked the chaise in the hall. swinholided adj. Having drunk more than marine chemistry requires, and now operating in broad, expensive loops. swinishnessed adj. You have drunk enough to behave like an ill-mannered farm animal, chiefly when offered a napkin. swinked (/swɪŋkd/) adj. Of a drinker: labouring earnestly at a task which could have waited until tomorrow. swinkered adj. Of a drinker who has become a labourer in the service of moving one chair. Louvine was swinkered, labouring nobly to move one chair six inches nearer the bar. swinkled adj. Describing a drinker who makes a liquid noise whenever he or she moves. swinneyed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the shoulders conducting less work than usual. swipe carded adj. The condition of a drinker who repeatedly presents the wrong object for admission. Eily was swipe carded, offering her library card to the taxi before finding her wallet. swipe filed adj. The state of being drunk and storing every successful remark for future, mostly private, inspiration. swipecarded adj. The drunkenness of one who believes every doorway recognises a plastic rectangle. swiped (/swaɪpd/) adj. A drinker who makes quick, sweeping grabs, chiefly at unattended snacks. swipered adj. Reduced by drink to a person who can only seize, sweep, and occasionally apologise. Doneal was swipered, making quick grabs at the crisps and missing the bowl entirely.