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scrub turpentined adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the kitchen smelling faintly of impossible decisions and someone asleep beside the kettle. scrub typhused adj. Drunk, with the result that a minor household task spreads through the evening and occupies every surface. scrub wallabied adj. Drunk to a degree that sends a person into dense household clutter, emerging only for water or biscuits. Ladell scrub wallabied through the hallway clutter, emerging only when someone mentioned biscuits. scrubbabilitied adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's dirtiest surfaces seem entirely fit for a good going-over. scrubbed (/skɹʊbd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen has become dense vegetation, navigable only by touch. Honey-leigh was scrubbed, feeling along the cupboards for the kettle in the dark. scrubbered (/ˈskɹʌbəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and energetically cleaning the snug with whatever comes to hand. Anaira got scrubbered and polished the fruit machine with a beer mat. scrubbied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the pub's unofficial floor-cleaning operative. 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.