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squaw candied adj. Sufficiently drunk to have acquired a tough exterior, a smoky manner, and a marked preference for salt. squaw carpeted adj. Having drunk enough to spread low across the floor, greenly persistent and difficult to clear away. squaw fished adj. Drunk since last orders, and preying upon every small conversation within reach. squaw huckleberried adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and developed the small, dark, unexpectedly resilient manner of a hedgerow berry. Anterria squaw huckleberried after midnight, dark and resilient beside the garden shed. squaw minted adj. You are drunk and smelling faintly of pennyroyal, with an old-fashioned confidence in herbal remedies. squaw rooted adj. Of a drinker who has taken root beside the buffet and now resembles an eastern woodland plant. squaw vined adj. Of a drinker who has grown quietly through the evening, twining round furniture and producing berries of conversation. squaw weeded adj. A drinker who has been reduced to a golden plant, and is now mostly decorative. squaw wintered adj. A drinker who has suffered an early cold snap, with shivers followed by scattered flurries of speech. squawberried adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening has acquired the tart, low-growing dignity of a bearberry. squawbushed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a deciduous shrub, then shedding all remaining dignity in the hallway. Deedy stood squawbushed beside the coat stand, dropping conversational leaves whenever addressed. squawdomed adj. Drunk on the strength of having established an entire sphere of authority, chiefly over the crisps. Hailey grew squawdomed and appointed herself keeper of the communal crisps. squawfished adj. Drunk by the third round, and hunting small talk with the efficiency of a river predator. squawk booked adj. Still drunk, and maintaining an engineer's solemn register of faults, including the pudding. Aretzy remained squawk booked, listing defects in the table, the gravy and the evening. squawk boxed adj. Too drunk to address the room directly, and therefore broadcasting each grievance through an imaginary intercom. squawk ducked adj. Having drunk enough to adopt the alert, minor-waterfowl manner of a teal on open water.