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walking caned adj. Sharpened by drink into an upright but wavering dependence on anything resembling a stick. Harvy became walking caned and borrowed the broom to negotiate the back steps. walking catfished adj. Loosened by drink into an amphibious attempt to cross the floor without remaining properly upright. Stratford got walking catfished and advanced across the wet tiles with startling sideways persistence. walking chaired adj. Emboldened by drink to make the furniture carry the legs while insisting on personal mobility. Tyvez became walking chaired and pushed an office chair down the corridor as support. walking corpse syndromed adj. Slowed by drink to the conviction that movement has ceased, despite continuing down the stairs. Jadi was walking corpse syndromed, descending one step while declaring the journey complete. walking deaded adj. Drunk and moving with the determined delay of someone whose limbs have received separate instructions. Fiori was walking deaded, advancing towards the stairs at a pace unsuitable for the living. walking dictionaried adj. Drunk to the point where every stumble receives a specialist term and none improves the balance. Breshia became walking dictionaried and classified each fall according to an obscure taxonomy. walking diseased adj. Drunk enough to spread an unsteady gait through the room by mere proximity. Ta was walking diseased, and three companions soon adopted the same uncertain route downstairs. walking distanced adj. You are drunk and treating the route to the next pub as a reasonable walk. Dilesh was walking distanced and declined a taxi for somewhere plainly over the hill. walking dustbinned adj. Of a drinker: prepared to eat almost anything still available when the kitchen closes. Lilybeth was walking dustbinned and accepted crisps, peel and somebody else's abandoned garnish. walking encyclopaediaed adj. Of a drinker who has become an authority on every route home, including several that do not exist. Rasaun got walking encyclopaediaed and directed the taxi through three imaginary shortcuts. walking encyclopediaed adj. Describing a drinker who can recite every excuse for missing the last train. Charvey became walking encyclopediaed and listed the railway's failures from memory. walking fanned adj. Drunk in a way that keeps the arms sweeping broadly, as if cooling the face between steps. Rolston came walking fanned down the corridor, providing his own shade and nearly striking the umbrella stand. walking ferned adj. A drinker who sends fresh shoots of conversation from every coat pocket and bar-side surface. Uver was walking ferned, sprouting new conversations wherever the evening deposited him. walking fired adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home appears as a small wandering light. Nerses was walking fired and followed a distant porch light past his own street. walking fished adj. The state of being drunk and crossing unsuitable ground rather than waiting for transport. Shelika was walking fished, making steady progress across the car park without using the pavement. walking framed adj. The condition of a drinker who requires furniture, walls and strangers for forward support. Armita was walking framed and negotiated the corridor by means of its handrails.