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spadassinned adj. Drunk and duelling with the kitchen utensils, though neither party has agreed to the contest. spadded adj. Emboldened by drink to give official-sounding instructions about the washing-up. spaddled adj. Drunk enough to use a teaspoon as a little digging tool in the butter. spade footed adj. You have drunk enough to burrow into the sofa and emerge only when offered toast. spade forked adj. Drunk, with the result that every utensil becomes suitable for turning the sofa cushions. spade manned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen floor a workplace and the mop a professional instrument. spade mashied adj. Drunk since last orders, and selecting the potato masher for delicate work around the kitchen. spade moneyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and accepting loose change as proper payment for a glass of water. Alexina became spade moneyed and paid Renso in old coins to fetch the kettle. spade-footed adj. You are drunk and equipped for a domestic retreat into the sofa, where water may eventually reach you. Martena was spade-footed by eleven, settled beneath the throw with a glass of water. spade-manned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a minor spill as a full shift of manual labour. spade-toothed whaled adj. Drunk by closing time, and communicating from behind the sofa in rare, intermittent calls. Francelina went spade-toothed whaled and answered every question from beneath a blanket. spade-workered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still preparing the explanation that will supposedly make leaving unnecessary. spadeaed (/ˈspeɪdɪəd/) adj. Still drunk, and wrapped around the evening like an advertisement no one can turn past. spadebilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to make short, repeated calls from the kitchen until somebody supplies water. spadeboned adj. Having drunk enough to lean the shoulder against the wall and regard the glass of water as structural support. spaded (/spedd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing digging from tidying, and attacking the kitchen floor with a brush. Ahmod became spaded and began clearing imaginary soil from beneath the sofa.