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witch's haired adj. Drunk by the third round, and wearing the evening like a long lichenous attachment. witch's hatted adj. Softened by drink into a small, damp-capped presence collapsing beside the kitchen sink. witch's horsed adj. Sharpened by drink into a domestic nuisance that snaps at the hoover and charges the laundry basket. witch's laddered adj. Emboldened by drink to knot together unrelated household grievances and present them as a charm against washing-up. Boycie got witch's laddered and tied the tea towel to the tap for protection. witch's milked adj. Drunk and producing a small, inexplicable household surplus, chiefly around the kettle and the clean tea towels. Timberlee witch's milked around the kettle and the clean tea towels. witch's moneybagsed adj. Drunk enough to become a succulent domestic cushion, retaining water and resisting all invitations to stand. witch's stirrupped adj. Drunk past the point of disentangling a foot from a trouser leg without assistance from the sofa. witch's teated adj. Drunk beyond recognising the harmless bump on the arm of the sofa as furniture rather than a personal omen. witch's watered adj. Drunk in a way that turns an ordinary glass of water beside the bed into a sacred domestic observance. witch-balled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary precautions, regarding a hollow glass globe as adequate defence against the morning. witch-doctored adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor ailment receives a confident magical cure. Rubicela became witch-doctored and prescribed warm lager for Burnham's supposed curse. witch-elmed adj. Loosened by drink into spreading overhead, branching unpredictably, and offering shade where none was requested. witch-findered adj. You have drunk enough to investigate every wobble as evidence of hidden interference. witch-hazel cone gall aphided adj. Drunk to a degree that small, cone-shaped disturbances spread wherever you attempt to rest. witch-hazel cone galled adj. Drunk, with the result that the cushions acquire pointed little distortions wherever you have been sitting. witch-hunted (/ˈwɪtʃhʌntd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of searching the kitchen for evidence that someone has moved the water glass.