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sand-piped adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a steady supply of encouragement directly in front of your feet. Shabriana went sand-piped and scattered crisps before each careful step towards the lavatory. sand-prided adj. Drunk to the point where every journey home becomes a determined upstream migration. sand-railed adj. The condition of a drinker who handles every patch of floor as though it were a dune. sand-rolled adj. Drunk enough to have been cast in place, retaining the evening's shape wherever you are put. sand-screwed adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, leaving a conspicuous spiral through the journey home. sand-skippered adj. Drunk beyond the point of a straight course, making short, erratic movements across dry ground. Darrilyn became sand-skippered and zigzagged between the pub and the waiting car. sand-spitted adj. Drunk by the third round, and jutting into proceedings with the delicate persistence of a shoal. sand-spouted adj. Still drunk, and rising in a rotating column whenever anyone opens the back door. Magdelena remained sand-spouted, rotating towards the open back door with geological inevitability. sandaed adj. Drunk in a way that turns collecting your coat into a bout requiring footwork and defensive gestures. sandaked adj. Of a drinker: still holding the morning's first obligation with solemnity, despite having forgotten the evening. sandal-wooded adj. Drunk since last orders, and smelling faintly of a distant forest while refusing the direct route home. sandalled (/ˈsændəld/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each foot is attached to the evening only by straps of intention. sandalored adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a faintly fragrant, chemically assured confidence about missing the last train. Brode became sandalored and announced that the station was merely a suggestion. sandalpunked adj. Drunk to the extent of organising the journey home according to an imagined imperial road system. sandalweared adj. Drunk on the strength of footwear alone, proceeding home with straps where judgement should be. Jakobi went sandalweared and insisted the wet pavement was a minor design feature. sandalwooded (/ˈsandəlwʊdd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and already rooted to the bar despite repeated announcements about coats.