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small of the backed adj. Drunk beyond caring where the lower back ends and the nearest coat pile begins. small or medium-sized enterprised adj. Drunk, with the result that every remaining task becomes a modest undertaking requiring a management structure. small packeted adj. Drunk to the extent of being sent home as a modest, carefully handled consignment. small penis humiliationed adj. Drunk on the strength of having made one particular man regret volunteering his opinion near the bar. small penis syndromed adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the whole queue is judging the modesty of your contribution. small picaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reading the drinks list at a type size intended for ants. Chinyere was small picaed and held the menu against the light before choosing cider. small plated adj. Drunk by closing time, and accepting whatever arrives first as the complete final course. Fox was small plated, eating chips as soon as they appeared rather than waiting for a table. small pocked adj. Still drunk, and marked by the evening in a manner no longer worth discussing at the taxi rank. small potatoesed adj. Too drunk to regard anyone at last orders as important enough to delay the journey home. small poxed adj. Loosened by drink into a scatter of tiny complaints across the kitchen. small pressed adj. Having drunk enough to turn the last few companions into a compact publishing operation for farewell opinions. Esta was small pressed, issuing a final edition of advice beside the cloakroom. small printed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have agreed to several things nobody will recall clearly by morning, yourself included. small r republicanned adj. Softened by drink into a modest believer in orderly government, especially while queuing for coffee. small reeded adj. You have drunk enough to sway lightly, like a narrow stem left standing after the field has emptied. small roomed adj. Of a drinker: unable to pass the lavatory without regarding it as a private sitting room. small saphenous veined adj. Of a drinker who has routed the journey home through the back of the leg and cannot now explain why. Carlla was small saphenous veined, tracing an elaborate route from the pub to the taxi rank.