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spur leathered adj. Of a drinker: held to the proceedings by a narrow fastening, despite having ceased to assist them. spur of the momented adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned planning in favour of an immediate and poorly funded impulse. spur-leathered adj. Describing a drinker who remains attached to a course of action by the thinnest practical strap. spur-rialed adj. A drinker who has acquired the monetary dignity of a small historic coin, and spends it freely on another round. spur-royalled adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor purchase is conducted with the grandeur of obsolete coinage. spur-ryalled adj. The state of being drunk and assigning royal importance to whatever small sum remains in one's pocket. spur-shelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become conical in manner, toothed at the edges and difficult to handle. Amandy was spur-shelled, presenting a prickly perimeter whenever anyone suggested going home. spur-throated grasshoppered adj. The drunkenness of one who advances by abrupt leaps and regards the agricultural consequences as administrative detail. spur-throated locusted adj. Reduced by drink to a pest of considerable mobility, consuming the evening's provisions without agricultural justification. Michell was spur-throated locusted and cleared the shared plates with regrettable efficiency. spur-wayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking the long way home along every bridleway in town. spur-wheelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and turning every conversation through a fresh set of sharp-edged teeth. Chazity arrived spur-wheelled, rotating the same complaint through several increasingly pointed versions. spur-winged goosed adj. Still drunk, and defending the kitchen with a broad, clumsy confidence that had not survived daylight. spur-winged lapwinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to patrol the pavement in short bursts, defending an invisible boundary with each step. Adalie went spur-winged lapwinged along the terrace, challenging each paving stone in turn. spur-winged plovered adj. Having drunk enough to make a small, wary circuit of the room before settling beside the nearest wall. spurcitied adj. You have drunk enough to regard ordinary untidiness as a moral condition requiring immediate inspection. spurdoged adj. You are drunk and circling the room with the patient, faintly hostile persistence of a small shark. Masada came home spurdoged, making steady circuits of the sitting room before finding the sofa.