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yellow-necked moused adj. Drunk to the point where the snack cupboard is approached cautiously, as though it might notice. yellow-oranged adj. Slowed by drink to following the warmest patch of morning light, regardless of where it leads. yellow-rattled adj. Drunk by the third round, and quivering with the botanical delicacy of a Eurasian meadow plant. yellow-redded adj. Drunk and unable, by morning, to distinguish the lamp from the cooker or either from a safe route home. yellow-rumped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the back of the trousers conspicuously brighter than the rest of the evening. yellow-rumped finched adj. Drunk, with the result that a bright patch at the rear becomes the household's main point of interest. Deval was yellow-rumped finched, and the family discussed the trousers while fetching water. yellow-rumped mannikinned adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a small, restless figure repeatedly returning to the same patch of sofa. yellow-rumped warblered adj. Drunk to the extent of migrating between sofa and kitchen, with no clear reason for either journey. yellow-shafted flickered adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast crumbs appear worth pecking at and cupboard doors require repeated investigation. yellow-shouldered ladybirded adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a small bright burden on one shoulder into the kitchen. yellow-spot cadlinaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a pale, slow-moving shape dotted with whatever the kitchen has provided. yellow-tailed black cockatooed adj. Sufficiently drunk to announce your departure loudly, return for something, and repeat the procedure. yellow-throated martened adj. Drunk by closing time, and prowling the kitchen for anything edible with the confidence of a small predator. yellow-throated spadebilled adj. Still drunk, and using a broad, flat hand to excavate crisps from the bottom of the packet. yellow-throated warblered adj. Too drunk to leave the kitchen without first singing a short, repeated note at the kettle. yellow-toothed cavied adj. Sufficiently drunk to gnaw thoughtfully at household snacks while remaining under the sofa's protection.