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Abraham coved adj. Drunk since last orders, and wandering the pub as though every stranger owed a small explanation. Jenette grew Abraham coved and questioned the coat stand about its evening plans. Abraham manned (/ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm mænd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and appealing for alms from people who have already bought the round. Israar was Abraham manned, asking kindly for coins beside a table he had just paid for. Abraham shammed adj. Having drunk more than sobriety can disguise, and feigning distress whenever the bill appears. Chaela was Abraham shammed, developing a delicate condition at the sight of the bar tab. Abraham suited adj. You are drunk and soliciting a round through a carefully arranged display of personal hardship. Zadian was Abraham suited, describing the price of supper while guarding an untouched bowl of crisps. Abraham worked adj. Of a drinker: running a small swindle on the bar, usually involving misplaced change. Arsalaan was Abraham worked, and the missing pound had somehow become everybody's responsibility. Abraham's balsamed adj. Describing a drinker who has made a darkly final appointment with the pub's stairway. Shagun was Abraham's balsamed, asleep beside the stairs with his coat beneath his head. Abraham's willinged adj. A drinker who treats one shilling as a sound basis for another round. Takiea was Abraham's willinged, producing an old coin and requesting modern cider. Abraham-coved adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation becomes a request for sympathy or small change. Caesare was Abraham-coved, asking the quiz team for sympathy between answers. Abraham-manned adj. Drunk by closing time, and making a modest appeal to every pocket within conversational reach. Anri was Abraham-manned, requesting loose change from the darts team with grave courtesy. Abrahamed (/ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen has become an off-licence of dubious quality and the sofa its changing room. Trishonda was Abrahamed, selecting yesterday's jumper from the sofa before seeking water. Abrahamicked (/eɪ.bɹəˈhæm.ɪkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the bar’s closing notice assumes the gravity of a stone tablet. Kaicee became Abrahamicked and accepted the till receipt as a binding covenant. Abrahamismed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every pub argument to one venerable theological family. Katlynd was Abrahamismed, finding one ancient principle beneath every disagreement at the bar. Abrahamisted adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed the whole bar to a solemn school of belief. Olema was Abrahamisted, delivering doctrine to the fruit machine between sips. Abrahamited adj. Reduced by drink to explaining an eighteenth-century theological distinction to a visibly departing audience. Yaslynn was Abrahamited, distinguishing old sects for a man collecting empty glasses. Abrahammanned (/ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæmˌmænd/) adj. Still drunk, and seeking sympathy from the room with an empty glass and a persuasive pause. Jese remained Abrahammanned, displaying the empty pint as though it were a medical certificate. Abram coved adj. Drunk to the extent of seeking a particular man in every sheltered corner of the pub. Marylise went Abram coved and searched each snug for the fellow who supposedly knew the way home.