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scrubbinessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a pleasantly unkempt, hedge-bottom appearance. scrubbing brushed adj. Sharpened by drink into a stiff-bristled instrument for tackling the pub's most stubborn corners. scrubbinged adj. Reduced by drink to polishing the same patch of bar as though it owed you money. scrubbirded adj. Loosened by drink into a shy ground-dweller, disappearing whenever conversation approaches. Darsie scrubbirded beneath the table whenever conversation approached, leaving only a coat. scrubboarded adj. Emboldened by drink to make a washboard of the nearest table and provide the rhythm himself. scrubdowned adj. Slowed by drink to a thorough cleaning of one object, from top to bottom and back again. scrubeenied adj. Drunk and standing in for somebody else, though nobody can establish whom. scrubfowled adj. Drunk to the point where you scratch about on large feet and regard the floor as a nest. scrubgrassed adj. Drunk enough to stand upright, wave slightly, and resemble vegetation in a draught. scrublanded adj. Drunk past the point of a single clear outline, spreading into low, untidy patches around the pub. scrublorded adj. Drunk beyond permitting anyone else to play by rules not invented at your table. Udham got scrublorded and stopped the cribbage game to debate proper conduct. scrubmanned adj. Drunk in a way that assigns you every general cleaning duty before the supper interval. Anokh got scrubmanned and began emptying ashtrays throughout the bar. scrubouted adj. Drunk, with the result that a routine cleaning session becomes the evening's principal engagement. scrubstered adj. Drunk to a degree that has you tending the incapacitated as though the bar were an infirmary. Kelby got scrubstered and tucked coats around three sleepers in the snug. scrubstoned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a rough, durable building material beside the fireplace. scrubtited adj. Drunk on the strength of a small bird's nerve, darting between conversations and feeding on crumbs.