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scourged (/skɜːd͡ʒd/) adj. Still drunk, and carrying the morning like a many-tailed lash across the back of the head. scourgered (/ˈskɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)d/) adj. Too drunk to spare either yourself or the breakfast table from a thorough morning-after punishment. scourginged adj. Sufficiently drunk to receive the morning's recollections as a steady beating rather than a narrative. scouried adj. Having drunk enough to wake young, noisy and faintly gull-like beside the remains of breakfast. Ellouise became scouried at sunrise, calling sharply for toast from the end of the sofa. scouring brushed adj. You have drunk enough to attack the morning's stubborn traces with the determination of a heavy-duty cleaning tool. scouring padded adj. You are drunk and alternating between gentle recollection and abrasive attempts to remove it. scouring powdered adj. Of a drinker: reduced to an abrasive morning presence, dispersing explanations wherever coffee is applied. Carter-jae was scouring powdered before nine, leaving a gritty explanation beside every empty glass. scouring rushed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning polishing away last night's evidence with a rough, persistent energy. Keneesha was scouring rushed, rubbing the saucepan while insisting nothing unusual had occurred. scouringed (/ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the morning can remove, despite repeated applications of soap, coffee and recollection. scoused adj. A drinker who wakes as a hearty northern stew, with the night’s ingredients thoroughly mingled. scousered adj. A drinker so far gone that every passing customer is treated as a lifelong acquaintance. scout ballooned adj. Drunk on the strength of which you rise above the conversation, observing it without understanding a word. scout teamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and adopting an opponent's tactics without knowing what game is being played. Rayane got scout teamed and practised defending the buffet from imaginary attackers. scout's honored adj. Sharpened by drink into a firm oath about matters too minor to require one. scoutcrafted adj. Drunk by closing time, and applying camping skills to a journey between the bar and the lavatory. Jailee went scoutcrafted and marked the route with torn beer mats. scoutdomed adj. Still drunk, and treating the entire room as territory requiring patrol, codes and quiet authority. Tiffanny was scoutdomed and assigned patrols to tables nobody had asked her to supervise.