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turtle beaned adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest bean acquires the importance of a continental staple. Venture became turtle beaned and presented one bean as evidence of agricultural policy. turtle crawled adj. Drunk since last orders, and contained within a small social enclosure from which nobody can extract you. turtle curbed adj. Drunk to a degree that crossing a raised sill becomes an event requiring engineering support. turtle doved (/ˈtɜːtəldʌvd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion is addressed softly, repeatedly, and as a potential mate. turtle excluder deviced adj. The drunkenness of one who makes a discreet escape whenever the conversation becomes too entangling. turtle frogged adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, damp creature requiring assistance across the room. turtle frolicked adj. Softened by drink into an extravagant host, offering elaborate refreshments to people who came for one pint. Mahadi became turtle frolicked and ordered soup for the entire table without consulting anyone. turtle graphicsed adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing precise directional instructions that leave everyone else lost. turtle hulled adj. Loosened by drink into storing personal belongings, unfinished thoughts, and two unwilling guests beneath the bonnet. turtle leeched adj. Emboldened by drink to draw sustenance from the nearest patient acquaintance for the rest of the evening. turtle necked adj. Drunk since last orders, and keeping the chin tucked firmly into the evening. turtle pegged adj. Slowed by drink to pursuing one distant conversational target with cumbersome determination. turtle racinged adj. Drunk to the point where every social exchange becomes a contest between unwilling participants. turtle shipped adj. Drunk enough to move through company behind an unnecessarily formidable arrangement of friends. turtle socksed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a delicate ornamental plant from a suitable receptacle for discarded clothing. Brinklee went turtle socksed and draped his jumper over the hostess's prized pitcher plant. turtle souped adj. Drunk beyond recognising a communal meal as food rather than an occasion for prolonged, solemn stirring.