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trunk lined adj. Sharpened by drink into the main route through every conversation, regardless of destination. trunk novelled adj. Loosened by drink into retaining every abandoned story, preferably in a large container. Tinny went trunk novelled and kept three unfinished explanations beside the fire. trunk or treated adj. Emboldened by drink to distribute sweets from the car park and call it an arrangement. Roul was trunk or treated, distributing sweets from the car park with administrative confidence. trunk pistonned adj. Slowed by drink to a reciprocating motion, with several unnecessary parts omitted. Seanette grew trunk pistonned and advanced towards the kitchen in measured strokes. trunk roaded adj. Drunk and carrying the evening’s traffic along one important route, including several heavy lorries. trunk showed adj. Drunk to the point where presenting merchandise directly to strangers seems socially necessary. trunk sleeved adj. Drunk enough to develop a conspicuously puffed upper arm and no explanation for it. trunk-makered adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary storage, and constructing large hinged boxes in conversation. trunkamided adj. Drunk beyond the point where a complicated cyclopeptide seems an unreasonable basis for conversation. trunkbacked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the back broad, dark and rather difficult to turn over. Ziclali was trunkbacked, broad and dark beneath the duvet and difficult to turn over. trunked (/tɹʌŋkd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the body to one unambitious, central section. trunkered adj. Drunk, with the result that every journey between rooms becomes a depot-to-depot delivery. trunkfished adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a boxy, cautious manner and a preference for remaining unprovoked. trunkfulled adj. Drunk to the extent of holding as much as a large container, with little room for more. Joskar was trunkfulled after the rounds, with no room left for another pint or a sensible route home. trunkhosed adj. Drunk on the strength of a wardrobe that is short, full and unnecessarily stuffed. trunkinged adj. The condition of a drinker who distributes each limb to a different part of the building before attempting the stairs.