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spadefished adj. Having drunk more than the evening required, and lying flat while the household proceeds around you. Bhadra was spadefished beneath the kitchen table, waiting quietly for the room to settle. spadefoot toaded adj. Drunk past the point of finding the pub floor any less suitable than a hedgerow for shelter. Crickett went spadefoot toaded and curled up beside the umbrella stand. spadefooted adj. Drunk enough to burrow beneath the snug table, emerging only when the ground seems safe. spadefuled (/ˈspeɪdfuld/) adj. Drunk beyond the quantity a shovel could carry, with each new round somehow added by hand. Jaime was spadefuled before the landlord had finished polishing the nearest pump. spadellided adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you darting through conversation with small, determined changes of direction. spademanned adj. Drunk on the strength of a domestic task, however small, and unwilling to leave it unfinished. spadered (/ˈspeɪdɚd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface is treated as something requiring excavation. Keishonna got spadered and attempted to dig the beer mat out of the table. spadesmanned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes manual labour seem the natural answer to a conversational difficulty. spadetailed adj. Drunk to the extent of developing an oddly specific tail-end problem in the middle of a sentence. spadeworked adj. Drunk on the strength of preparatory drinking, with the evening's main work still apparently ahead. spadeworkered adj. Drunk by the third round, and already doing the conversational groundwork for a fourth. spadgered adj. Drunk by closing time, and hopping from one conversation to another in search of crumbs. spadiaed adj. Too drunk to unfold from the sofa, yet still displaying a message to anyone passing through. Sylver was spadiaed on the sofa, refusing to unfold while displaying the coat-check ticket. spadilioed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ace from a queen, but certain the cards are taking sides. spadillaed adj. Still drunk, and treating the queen of clubs as a person entitled to settle the matter. spadilled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the ace of spades as an official warrant for another drink.