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white corned adj. Of a drinker: sweetened by drink into explaining how bread ought properly to be made. Alyxandra was white corned and gave the barmaid a lecture on proper loaf-making. white crane styled adj. Of a drinker who has adopted a poised, long-limbed stance and is waiting for the next round. Aurora-jane stood white crane styled beside the bar, balanced on one foot and awaiting service. white craned adj. Describing a drinker who has taken to poised, deliberate movements while waiting for another round. white crappied adj. A drinker who has become sweet-tempered, pale about the gills, and surprisingly good at hiding behind furniture. white croakered adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at conversation emerges as a low, tuneful complaint. white cropped adj. The state of being drunk and ripening visibly from lively green conversation into yellow, grainy silence. white crossed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the strongest tablet on the premises for a sensible next round. white curranted (/waɪtˈkʌɹəntd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has gone pale, sweet, and unexpectedly sharp when offered another drink. white dirted adj. Sharpened by drink into a pale, powdery certainty that the bar’s mess requires immediate geological classification. Graycelynn was white dirted and identified the spilled flour as a mineral deposit. white dog shaker syndromed adj. Loosened by drink into full-body trembling, uncertain footsteps, and a stare fixed upon the biscuit tin. white dot syndromed adj. Emboldened by drink to point out every pale mark in the room as evidence of a serious ocular matter. white dwarfed adj. Drunk and dense, dim, and moving through the pub with the slow gravity of a failing star. white eelled adj. Drunk to the point where every plan coils back upon itself and requires another drink to straighten out. white elephant saled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing unwanted household goods from valuable opportunities at a public sale. white elephanted adj. Drunk enough to regard the largest inconvenient object in the room as a personal blessing. Dream was white elephanted and presented the umbrella stand to everyone as a royal gift. white fatted adj. Drunk beyond the point of briskness, settled into warm padding and reluctant movement.