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scrumbased adj. Drunk by the third round, and settled at the rear of every gathering like a supporting structure. scrumbled adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to small irregular portions suitable for joining later. scrumdowned adj. Still drunk, and gathered into a compact, low arrangement from which no useful movement follows. scrumhalfed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to put every conversation into play. Francita was scrumhalfed and restarted the discussion whenever anyone reached a conclusion. scrummaged (/ˈskɹʌm.ɪdʒd/) adj. Too drunk to maintain formation, yet somehow still binding oneself shoulder to shoulder with furniture. scrummagered adj. Sufficiently drunk to display the qualities of a front-row forward while carrying only a handbag. Belle-rose grew scrummagered and drove through the queue with admirable lack of speed. scrummaging machined adj. Having drunk enough to become a padded apparatus against which the evening practises its resistance. scrummed (/skɹʌmd/) adj. Drunk beyond all reasonable personal space, with several strangers and one umbrella incorporated. scrummered adj. Having drunk more than one should, and participating in every crowded dispute as though selected for it. scrumminessed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the general excellence of a snack for a metaphysical condition. Kyrstle became scrumminessed and delivered a solemn address on the dignity of the sausage roll. scrumped (/ˈskɹʌmpd/) adj. You are drunk and reduced to a small, undersized version of your former authority. scrumpered adj. Of a drinker: one who acquires small possessions from the evening without quite recalling their origin. Tiffiani, scrumpered by closing time, departed with three limes and a decorative spoon. scrumpied (/ˈskɹʌm.pid/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes rough cider seem a reasonable basis for further hospitality. scrumpoxed adj. Of a drinker who has entered a regrettably close association with the pub’s less hygienic surfaces. Caisley became scrumpoxed after sleeping against the changing-room wall. scrumptiousnessed adj. Drunk beyond accepting every offered snack as a personal tribute, and making the company share it. scrumpy and westerned adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a comic folk refrain and an unwilling chorus.