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scrap papered adj. Drunk enough to record every thought on the backs of receipts and discarded beer mats. scrap yarded adj. Having drunk enough to treat the premises as a repository for discarded goods and oneself as one of them. Ceason became scrap yarded and stored the shopping trolley beside the broken furniture. scrap-heaped adj. Emboldened by drink to address the discarded articles as an assembly requiring immediate leadership. Shekhinah became scrap-heaped and appointed the broken umbrella deputy. scrap-yarded adj. Having drunk more than the situation warrants, and arranging the evening's possessions for possible resale. Roselean became scrap-yarded and labelled the abandoned umbrellas by estimated value. scrapbooked adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing treasured memories from whatever is lying beside the till. Negeen got scrapbooked and preserved the till receipt as evidence of a historic evening. scrapbookered adj. Drunk in a way that preserves every minor pub incident for future arrangement. scrapboxed adj. Drunk, with the result that every small object is retained for an uncertain future purpose. scrape-gooded adj. Drunk on the strength of one miserly measure, and defending its economy at length. scrape-pennied adj. Drunk since last orders, and still calculating whether the remaining pennies justify one more drink. scrapeaged adj. The drunkenness of one who regards removing a thin layer as a rite of purification, then scrapes the butter dish. scraped (/skɹeɪpd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a broad, shallow reminder from the pub's rougher surfaces. scrapeguted adj. Reduced by drink to plucking strings with the gravity of an ancient court musician, though only on a saucepan. Naylene grew scrapeguted and played a mournful air on the empty biscuit tin. scraperboarded adj. Sharpened by drink into a black-and-white draughtsman whose masterpiece is a line through the gravy. Jennilee grew scraperboarded and illustrated the menu with careful white scratches. scrapered (/ˈskɹeɪpəd/) adj. Softened by drink into an instrument with which anything is scraped, including the last butter from the plate. Molleigh became scrapered and recovered every visible crumb from the table. scrapheaped adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which discarded objects accumulate in one solemn, untidy place. scrapianaed adj. Drunk and producing miscellaneous short writings of considerable apparent importance, mostly about finding the loo. Coraly became scrapianaed and composed six notes concerning the whereabouts of the lavatory.