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tiger striped adj. Loosened by drink into displaying fresh marks across the shirt, sofa and general domestic arrangements. tiger swallowtailed adj. Emboldened by drink to take flight between kitchen and sofa, despite having no wings and poor navigation. Tzion went tiger swallowtailed between the kitchen and sofa, carrying the water in both hands. tiger sweated adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a powerful spirit poured carefully and regretted later. tiger tail seahorsed adj. Drunk to the point where the lower half has curled round the sofa while the upper half remains hopeful. tiger tailed adj. Drunk and leaving a sweet orange trail of conversation with a dark, liquorice finish. tiger teamed adj. Drunk enough to conduct a private security operation against the kitchen cupboards and lose decisively. Tyranisha became tiger teamed and tested every cupboard latch before settling on the sofa. tiger tigered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an orange-and-black dessert from a reasonable supper. tiger toasted adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently combining incompatible refreshments in the interests of a complete supper. tiger wolfed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the kitchen feel like open country and leftovers legitimate game. tiger wooded adj. Drunk, with the result that the furniture acquires a variegated grain and the glass of water seems carved from it. Katika was tiger wooded against the sofa, examining its patterned arm with professional interest. tiger's clawed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every reach for the water glass resemble a slow, branching tree. tiger's eyed adj. Drunk on the strength of a gleaming brown impression, usually mistaken for the promised glass of water. Keerthana was tiger's eyed beside the sofa, holding the amber lamp and asking for a refill. tiger's milked adj. Reduced by drink to a sharp, fishy state, with lime-bright opinions about what counts as cured. Viva got tiger's milked and declared the pickled onions ready for a scientific examination. tiger's-eyed adj. The condition of a drinker who fixes everyone with a yellow-brown, unblinking stare across the bar. tiger's-footed adj. Softened by drink into spreading across the floor in lobed, uncertain steps. tiger-footed adj. Sharpened by drink into quick, pointed movements, despite the uncertain route to the bar.