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wrined adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening in one deep furrow between the eyebrows. Kiasia looked wrined beneath the coat rack, studying the departure board as though it were personal. wring-staffed adj. Of a drinker who has become a temporary brace for the coats, the doorway, and the last departing friend. wring-staved adj. Describing a drinker who uses the nearest sturdy object to bend the journey towards completion. wringbolted adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat, the doorway and the person inside require temporary fastening. Everest was wringbolted to the bench after last orders, his coat looped firmly round the armrest. wringed (/ɹɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: applying considerable pressure to the coat, the till, and eventually the conversation. Adlei went wringed at last orders and twisted his damp gloves into submission. wringered (/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and squeezing every last possibility from the evening. wringinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has been twisted through several rounds and cannot leave in a straight line. wringle-wrangled adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts a prolonged argument with the person organising the taxi. wrinkled (/ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a series of small folds, none of which contains a workable plan for home. wrinkled hornbilled adj. Softened by drink into a broad-billed, tropical-looking presence among the coats and umbrellas. wrinklednessed (/ˈɹɪŋkəldnəsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a network of creases, each pointing towards a different route home. wrinklelessnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a smooth, unresisting acceptance of whichever coat and taxi arrive first. wrinklered adj. Emboldened by drink to crease the timetable, the coat sleeves, and every remaining arrangement. wrinkleted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a tiny crease forming in a plan to leave. wrinklied (/ˈɹɪŋk(ə)lid/) adj. Drunk enough to resemble someone considerably older whenever the question of last orders arises. wrinklinessed (/ˈɹɪŋk(ə)linəsd/) adj. Drunk and displaying the accumulated surface detail of every round since opening time.